Bhubaneswar, Feb 25 (IANS) The Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday arrested a crorepati mines officer after recovering a record cash haul worth over Rs 4.27 crore from his rented accommodation during simultaneous house searches at multiple locations linked to the accused official. The accused officer, Debabrata Mohanty, Deputy Director of Mines, Cuttack Circle, was arrested by Odisha Vigilance and forwarded to the Court of the Special Judge, Vigilance, in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.The accused, Mohanty…
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Bhubaneswar, Feb 12 (IANS) The Odisha Vigilance on Thursday arrested an Additional Tahasildar after he was caught while receiving a bribe from a businessman in the Belaguntha area of Ganjam district.As per Vigilance sources, the accused, Kabiraj Sethi, Addl. Tahasildar, Belaguntha, Ganjam, had detained a sand-laden tractor on February 5 without mentioning it in the official record.Sethi was allegedly pressurizing the tractor owner, who is engaged in the trade of minor minerals, to pay a bribe of…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 29 (IANS) In a significant development, the Odisha Vigilance on Thursday arrested an Associate Professor from the Department of Hepatology at SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack, after he was intercepted while carrying ill-gotten cash to the tune of over Rs 2.50 lakh. The vigilance, in a press statement, informed that following the receipt of reliable input regarding the collection of illegal cash by Dr Sanatana Behera, Associate Professor, from participating bidders for t…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 5 (IANS) In a big catch, the Odisha Vigilance on Monday laid a trap and nabbed two engineers for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 60,000 from a contractor in Mayurbhanj district of the state. The accused engineers identified as Harekrushna Singh, Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) and Subrat Mohanty, Junior Engineer (JE), Udala, are working in the Odisha Lift Irrigation Corporation Ltd., Udala Sub-Division of Mayurbhanj district. The vigilance sources revealed tha…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 2 (IANS) Odisha Vigilance on Friday arrested a Forest Department official on charges of embezzling government funds to the tune of over Rs 55 lakh.The accused has been identified as Jaya Kumar Juad, currently posted as a forester at the office of the Forest Range Officer, Biswanathpur, under Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district.Juad was arrested for allegedly misappropriating government funds amounting to Rs 55,04,607 by preparing fake muster rolls and vouchers in connection with Soi…
Bhubaneswar, Dec 31 (IANS) Odisha Vigilance registered 202 cases in 2025 and arrested 212 corrupt government officials and private individuals in connection with various graft-related offences, Vigilance Director Y.K. Jethwa said on Wednesday.Of the 202 cases registered during the year, 49 were disproportionate assets (DA) cases involving 89 individuals. During the same period, 97 trap cases were registered against 114 government officials, including 14 Class-I officers, Vigilance officials said…
Bhubaneswar, Dec 26 (IANS) Continuing its crackdown on corrupt public servants, the Odisha Vigilance, on Friday, conducted searches at various locations linked to state government officials — a forester and a junior engineer — on the charges of acquiring disproportionate assets. The anti-corruption sleuths unearthed movable and immovable assets worth crores of rupees during the house searches at different properties belonging to Niranjan Satapathy, currently posted as Forester at Semiliguda un…