Bhubaneswar, July 3 (IANS) The Odisha Vigilance on Friday arrested two public servants for allegedly misappropriating over Rs 30 lakh in government funds meant for beneficiaries under the state government’s flagship social security scheme, the Madhu Babu Pension Yojana (MBPY). The accused officials are Sulamani Jani, former PEO of Gadamrugsira and Jamarsuan gram panchayats under Sadar Block in Puri district, currently attached to the Sadar Block Office, and Tuna Pradhan, former PEO of Sahupada g…
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Bhubaneswar, June 7 (IANS) Odisha Vigilance on Sunday arrested an Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) of the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA), Baliguda in Kandhamal district, for allegedly acquiring massive disproportionate assets. The accused official, Baikuntha Nath Behera, was reportedly found to have amassed assets amounting to 798 per cent of his known sources of income.It is worth noting that on Saturday, the vigilance sleuths launched simultaneous house searches on the propertie…
Bhubaneswar, June 6 (IANS) Odisha Vigilance on Saturday carried out simultaneous searches at nine locations associated with an assistant executive engineer (AEE) of the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA), Baliguda in Kandhamal district, in connection with a disproportionate assets (DA) case.The searches were launched following allegations that the engineer, Baikuntha Nath Behera, had amassed assets beyond his known sources of income during his service tenure.The operation is being condu…
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) In a major breakthrough against narcotics trafficking, the Anti-Narcotics Squad (ANS) of Delhi Police has apprehended a key supplier allegedly involved in the illegal distribution of ganja across the National Capital Region (NCR), officials said on Sunday.The arrest follows sustained surveillance, technical analysis, and persistent follow-up on leads that emerged during the investigation of an earlier case under the NDPS Act. In that case, police had recovered a commer…