Bhubaneswar, June 18 (IANS) The Odisha Vigilance has arrested an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Police and a Home Guard driver of Mancheswar Police Station in Bhubaneswar for allegedly taking a bribe from a person to help him in a case and return his two mobile phones, a senior Vigilance official said on Thursday. The arrested police officers were identified as Rajesh Kullu, ASI of Mancheswar Police Station, and Jyoti Ranjan Behera, a Home Guard driver.According to Vigilance officials, Kullu w…
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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…
Bhubaneswar, June 5 (IANS) Odisha Vigilance on Friday arrested a junior assistant working in the office of the District Education Officer (DEO) of Bhadrak district for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a private school functionary for processing a file related to the issuance of a recognition certificate in favour of the school. The accused has been identified as Srikanta Kumar Dash, Junior Assistant in the DEO office, Bhadrak.According to Vigilance sources, Dash allegedly demanded R…
Bhubaneswar, May 19 (IANS) The Odisha Vigilance on Tuesday unearthed movable and immovable assets worth crores of rupees during simultaneous raids on properties linked to the Executive Engineer of the Roads and Buildings Sub-Division, Dharmagarh, over allegations of possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The accused, identified as Bhubaneswar Sabar, is the Executive Engineer at the Roads and Buildings Sub-Division, Dharmagarh, and the In-charge Executive Engineer, Roa…
Bhubaneswar, May 17 (IANS) The Odisha Vigilance on Sunday arrested two persons, including a junior engineer, while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1.36 lakh from a contractor for clearing pending bills and processing the refund of security deposits for works under MMSY (Mukhya Mantri Sadak Yojana) during 2021–22 in the Khandapara area of Nayagarh district. The accused persons were identified as Keshab Subudhi, a Junior Engineer, posted at the Bhapur Rural Works Section in Nayagarh district, …
Bhubaneswar, May 10 (IANS) The Odisha Vigilance on Sunday arrested six persons, including the prime accused, in connection with a major fraud case involving the alleged misappropriation and embezzlement of government funds worth Rs 8.04 crore over the past several years. The prime accused, Santosh Kumar Panda, former Senior Assistant at the Sub-Treasury office in Chandbali in Bhadrak district, along with his associates Siba Shankar Samal, Deb Shankar Samal, Prafulla Kumar Rout, Sandip Kumar Mitr…
Bhubaneswar, May 7 (IANS) The Odisha Vigilance on Thursday arrested a couple for their alleged involvement in a fraud case linked to the embezzlement of government funds amounting to more than Rs 1.08 crore. The accused fraudster couple has been identified as Sushree Nibedita Tarai and her live-in partner, Nrusingh Prasad Khamari. The Vigilance sources revealed that Khamari has reportedly been in a live-in relationship with Sushree Tarai for a long time.It is pertinent to mention here that the a…
Bhubaneswar, April 9 (IANS) Odisha Vigilance on Thursday arrested a senior engineer of the Department of Water Resources for allegedly possessing assets 241 per cent in excess of his known sources of income. “On April 9, Rajesh Chandra Mohanty, Additional Chief Engineer, Central Irrigation Circle, Odisha, Bhubaneswar, currently posted as Additional Chief Engineer (Dam Safety), was arrested by Odisha Vigilance and forwarded to the Court of the Special Judge, Vigilance, Cuttack, for possession o…
Bhubaneswar, April 8 (IANS) Continuing its crackdown on corrupt state government employees, the Odisha Vigilance on Wednesday unearthed huge assets during simultaneous house searches at properties linked to a senior official of the Department of Water Resources over allegations of accumulating assets beyond his known sources of income. “On the allegation of possession of assets disproportionate to the known sources of income, simultaneous house searches were conducted on the properties of Raje…