Tag: Divisional Forest Officer

Berhampur: Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Ghumusar South Division under Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district, Bijoy Ketan Acharya was on Monday sent to judicial custody by a Special Vigilance court for amassing disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 3.22 crore. According to reports, a team of anti-graft officials of Berhampur division on Saturday conducted simultaneous […]

Bhubaneswar: Though Chandaka Dampara Wildlife Sanctuary, sprawling over an area of 193 sq km is estimated to be home to nearly 30 elephants, the Elephant Census Report 2017 revealed that there is only one pachyderm left in the sanctuary. “We cannot rely on the findings of the census that there are no elephants in Chandaka. […]

Nayagarh: As a rampant practice, gullible people in Nayagarh are being persuaded by middlemen to feed milk to Indian Cobras for blessings of Lord Shiva. Such has been the extent of craze,  people don’t mind paying anything between Rs 200 and Rs 1000 to appease Lord Shiva through a snake. As news of such practice […]

Keonjhar: Bargarh Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Solaram Marandi was detained by Vigilance officials today, while he was travelling in a bus near Judia Ghati in Keonjhar district with Rs 1.0075 lakh in his possession. The money has been seized. Marandi was travelling from Keonjhar to Bhagbandh village under Tiring police station in Mayurbhanj district when […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: For the wildlife personnel, a distressed pachyderm with a motor tyre stuck in one of its legs nearly two months back continues to be a cause of worry. Last sighted in Athgarh forest area in Cuttack district, the forest officials have renewed its exercise to disentangle the ‘foreign’ object from the animal’s leg by […]

Bhubaneswar: Income Tax (IT) officials continued their raid at the house and office of Khariar Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Sarat Chandra Panda on the second day today. Panda is booked under charges of tax evasion. The house of Panda at Gouri Nagar in Bhubaneswar and another house at Anantapur under Soro block in Balasore district […]

Redhakhol: Vigilance sleuths today undertake simultaneous raids at houses of Redhakhol Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Santosh Banchhor on charges of amassing disproportionate assets. Divided in different teams, the vigilance sleuths searched the official residence of Banchhor in Redhakhol, houses of the DFO in Kendrapara, Sundargarh and Patia in Bhubaneswar. As the search was going at […]

Cuttack: The Vigilance sleuths will take the arrested Athagarh Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Sudhanshu Mishar on five to seven days’ remand for further interrogation, said Vigilance director Rajendra Prasad Sharma. Informing this to newsmen, Sharma said, “A special investigation team has been formed for the interrogation of the arrested DFO.” “The investigating team will interrogate […]

Cuttack: Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday conducted simultaneous raids at the residence of Athagarh Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Sudhansu Mishra at Athagarh and 10 other places on charges of accumulation of properties disproportionate to his known sources of income. According sources, a number of teams of the state investigating agency are conducting simultaneous raids at Cuttack, […]