Tag: Vigilance Raid

In a related development, the vigilance sleuths today raided the properties of joint director of mines Umesh Chandra Jena on allegations of possession of disproportionate assets.

As seen in the video, two persons are seen grabbing and tussling with a man in a red jacket. The two persons are seen holding the man and trying to pull out something. Suddenly, the man drops a piece of paper from his mouth.

The Odisha Vigilance sleuths on Thursday conducted simultaneous raids on the properties linked to Ajay Kumar Senapati, who works as an assistant engineer in (R & B) Division-II in Balasore district.

The RI allegedly demanded bribe from Khatu Kisan (Complainant) from Guruan village for submission of an enquiry report related to a land mutation case to the Tehsildar, Kuchinda for issuance of ROR (Record Of Rights /Patta).

The raids were conducted by one additional SP, three DSPs, 12 inspectors, 12 SI/ASIs and other staff including GST officials at 10 places in Ganjam and Puri districts.

The OAS officer has been identified as Narayan Sahoo, who has been serving as the Block Development Officer (BDO) of Khariar in Nuapada district. 

Odisha Vigilance sleuths caught Sanjaya Kumar Panda red-handed for allegedly taking Rs 18,000 bribe from a complainant in order to submit a case diary in a PR case.

The sleuths of the anti-corruption bureau on Wednesday conducted raids on the properties linked to Sangram Keshari Manihira, a forest range officer in Ujjalpur Forest Range in Sundargarh district. 

The sleuths of Odisha Vigilance on Tuesday raided the property linked to Nandi Kishore Nath, who works as a junior clerk in the office of Executive Engineer of Rural Works Division in Rourkela of Sundargarh district.

The simultaneous searches are being carried out over the allegations of amassing property disproportionate to his known sources of income.

The ED initiated an investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on the basis of an FIR registered against Jena, the former 'Safei Mohareer' (cleaning assistant), posted in the office of Additional Sub-Collector (settlement) in Puri district by the Vigilance police station, Bhubaneswar, for offences committed under Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Another Odisha govt official under Vigilance scanner. Samir Thakur, Asst Executive Engineer of Bhawanipatna Municipality in trouble! Thakur accused of amassing disproportionate assets. Vigilance officials carry out raids at four places. Raids on at his office, residence. Reportedly, property worth crores detected so far.

Thakur has been accused of amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

Out of the 16 bank accounts, 4 accounts have been verified so far, in which Rs 4 crore deposits have been traced.

Simultaneous raids were conducted at seven locations linked to Gaya Santara, Deputy Manager, IDCOL's Ampa Valli Lime Stone Mines.