Tag: Vigilance

Bhadrak: Vigilance sleuths today arrested Village Level Worker (VLW) Narahari Aich of Shyamsundarpur Panchayat under Tihidi block in Bhadrak district for demanding and accepting bribe. According to sources the VLW had demanded Rs 5,000 as bribe from a beneficiary for clearing a bill under the Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY). Investigation is on into the matter, […]

Bolangir: Vigilance sleuths today conducted simultaneous raids on the houses of Mahalei Livestock Inspector Pradeep Mishra on charges of amassing property disproportionate to his known sources of income. The raids were conducted at five places basing on a search warrant issued by Bolangir Special Vigilance Judge. The teams of State Vigilance searched houses located in […]

Keonjhar: Vigilance sleuths today arrested the revenue inspector of Raisuan panchayat in Keonjhar district and his office peon for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000 for demarcation of a land. A seven-member team of the anti-corruption wing, led by Keonjhar Vigilance DSP Harekrushna Majhi, caught the accused persons redhanded while taking bribe from one […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance today conducted raids on offices of Odisha State Co-operative Marketing Federation Limited (MARKFED) situated at Kalpana Square in Bhubaneswar and at Jaleswar in Balasore district over alleged irregularities. Raids were also conducted at Regulated Market Committee (RMC) godowns at Attabira and Sambalpur. During the raids at Bhubaneswar MARKFED office, the registers of […]

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 […]

Bolangir: Inspector In charge (IIC) Antaryami Behera of Loisingha police station in Bolangir district was detained on Thursday by Vigilance officials after Rs 4.60 lakh was reportedly seized from his possession. Acting on a tip-off, the Vigilance officers intercepted him near Binika. The IIC was taking Rs 4.60 lakh cash with him to his house in […]

Puri: Protest grows over Swargadwar land encroachment allegations. While BJP had staged an agitation on the issue yesterday, Puri District Students Congress and Srikshetra Sukarsha Bahini (SSB) took to streets today demanding a high level probe of the case. Both the groups staged a mass agitation at Atharnala here, due to which traffic to Puri […]

Bhubaneswar: Another DFO has landed in Vigilance net for amassing assets disproportionate to income. The DFO has been identified as Mahadeo Badaik. The Vigilance sleuths today conducted raids at four places across the State including Bhubaneswar in this connection. During raids the sleuths traced houses belonging to the DFO at Sundergarh and Rourkela along with […]

Bhubaneswar: The suggestions of Justice BP Das, chief of the Commission for reformation of Puri’s Lord Jagannath Temple, proposed by him after his recent visit to Tirupati temple in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, invited sharp criticism from the servitors of Shri Jagannath Temple in Puri. Reacting to the proposed reformation suggestions of Justice Das, […]

Angul: Vigilance sleuths today raided house of Jitendriya Panda, a Khalasi of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) office at Pallahada, in the district on charges of amassing wealth disproportionate to the known source of income. Four teams of the anti-graft agency also carried out search at his ancestral house at Rajnagar in Kendrapara, his […]

Cuttack: Vigilance officials on Tuesday raided several properties of Adhikari Ashok Kumar Chatarjee, Regional officer of the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB), Rayagada and ex-Regional officer of the OSPCB, Balasore on the allegation of amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. Officials of the anti-malware corruption wing conducted simultaneous searches on his rented house at […]

Khariar/Bhubaneswar: Khariar DFO Sarat Chandra Panda was arrested by the State Vigilance on Sunday evening on charges of amassing disproportionate asset. Properties worth Rs 5 crore have been traced in the name of Sarat and family members. Besides, from Sarat’s Khariar office, new currency notes worth Rs 6 lakh were seized by the Income tax […]

Kalahandi: Vigilance sleuths on Thursday arrested district Deputy Labour Commissioner Dinabandhu Adhikari while accepting bribe of Rs 20,000 from a person for releasing ex-gratia funds announced in the name of his deceased brother. As per sources, the labour official was caught red handed while accepting the bribe from Madhusudan Dora Chamapadeipur village of Lanjigarh block […]

Nuapada/Bhubaneswar: Vigilance on Thursday raided house and office of Khariar Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Sarat Chandra Panda on charges of accumulating  assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The sleuths are conducting raids at the DFO’s residence in Bhubaneswar and office at Khariar in Nuapada district. As bank deposits of Rs 4 crore in […]

Cuttack: The State Vigilance will begin its interrogation regarding Disproportionate Assets (DA) allegations against arrested IAS officer and OSIC Managing Director Partha Sarathi Mishra when it takes him on a two day remand period starting today. A Special Court in Cuttack had granted the Vigilance to take the accused bureaucrat for two days of judicial […]