Senior Officials, Staff Framed Me: Suspended Odisha IAS Officer

Bhubaneswar: Suspended IAS officer Bijay Ketan Upadhyay refuted graft allegations against him while he was appearing before the Vigilance court today.

Denying all the charges against him, Upadhyay said, “I didn’t receive any money from anybody.”

“I am being framed by some staff of my department who were helped by some senior officials,” he added.

As per reports, the Odisha cadre IAS officer, who was posted as the Director of Horticulture department in Odisha was caught by vigilance sleuths on Dec 30, 2019 for accepting bribe of Rs 1 lakh. Later yesterday, he was suspended by the Odisha government.

Meanwhile today, Upadhyay was taken on a six-day remand for further questioning after his bail was rejected by the vigilance court.

Earlier Upadhyay’s father had also denied all the allegations against his son saying that he was framed by some of his jealous colleagues.