Tag: Vigilance

Jharsuguda: Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday conducted simultaneous raids at three places, including the residence of Belpahar municipality peon Ashok Sahu for his alleged involvement in irregularities in procurement of LED lights. According to sources, locals and political leaders had filed complaints in this regard with the Vigilance department and district collector. Acting on the complaint, […]

Rayagada: Vigilance sleuths today raided the house of Komotalapata Forester under Raygada Forest range, K. Jayaraju in connection with a disproportionate asset case. Vigilance is conducting raids at three places including Jayaraju’s house nerar Mangala Temple. According to sources, the sleuths have seized Rs 9 lakh cash along with gold ornaments worth 70 grams form […]

An Assistant Engineer of Bahalada block was arrested for accepting a Rs 8,000 bribe to pass a MGNREGA work bill, Mayurbhanj Vigilance DSP SK Das Mohapatra revealed on Saturday

Senior IPS officer Dr RP Sharma and new Director, State Vigilance on Wednesdays said ensuring greater conviction will be his priority

The State police’s Vigilance department today raided the office of Regional Development Organisation (RDO) here in connection with alleged financial irregularities. A five-member team led by the Vigilance DSP conducted the raid on the office

Vigilance sleuths on Friday arrested a former mining official from here for his alleged involvement in the multi-crore Uliburu mining scam

Lucknow: The Bahujan Samaj Party’s problems were further compounded the Uttar Pradesh Vigilance Department filing a chargesheet against its state unit chief Ram Achal Rajbhar, in a Rs 4 crore disproportionate assets (DA) case, an official said on Monday. The final chargesheet report is with the Yogi Adityanath government, the official added. Once the state […]

Bhubaneswar: The anti-corruption vigilance wing of Odisha Police has detected some instances where payments have been made to beneficiaries, but no houses constructed under rural housing scheme, official sources said. Two such instances were detected under Koraput vigilance police station and Bhubaneswar vigilance police station jurisdictions. Cases under Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and under […]

Bhubaneswar: The vigilance wing of Odisha Police today registered criminal cases against four officers of the Markfed (Odisha State Co-operative Marketing Federation Ltd) on charge of misappropriation of fertilizers. The cases have been registered against Manoj Kumar Pandey, godown in-charge, Rajkishore Panda, area manager, Dukhishyam Mandhata, manager input and Ashok Kumar Mahasuar, development officer of […]

Bhubaneswar: Six teams comprising senior officers have been formed by the Odisha Vigilance department for expeditious probe into the corruption case against arrested IAS officer Partha Sarathi Mishra. “Considering the voluminous documents, records and importance of the case, six teams consisting of senior officers assisted by other staff have been formed on the orders of […]

Bhubaneswar: With the Special Vigilance Court rejecting bail application of arrested IAS officer Partha Sarathi Mishra, the Odisha government today placed him under suspension. “Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik suspended OSIC MD Partha Sarathi Mishra who has been arrested by the vigilance,” a communication received from the Chief Minister’s Office said. Earlier on February 16, Mishra […]

Bhawanipatna: The anti-corruption vigilance sleuths today caught the head clerk of a polytechnic college here while allegedly accepting Rs 1,000 as bribe from a man. The accused Head clerk Prasanta Kumar Mishra was allegedly harassing one guest faculty member Aditya Narayan Mohapatra to release his six month’s outstanding salary. Mishra was allegedly demanding Rs 1000 […]

Bhubaneswar: An Assistant Manager of an electrical section in power distribution company WESCO was arrested by anti-corruption vigilance sleuths in Odisha’s Bargarh district today for allegedly accepting a bribe Rs 15,000 to provide connection to a poultry farm. Based on a complaint, a case was registered against Kunja Bihari Nayak, Assistant Manager and Khirod Behera, […]

Bhubaneswar: Claiming to have achieved 47 per cent conviction rate while dealing with corruption cases in 2016, Odisha’s vigilance department has registered 575 criminal cases against 1099 accused persons. This includes 162 Class-I officers, 104 Class-II officers, 833 Class-III employees and others, an official statement said. During this period, 334 persons had been arrested, which […]

Berhampur: Vigilance sleuths today arrested the revenue inspector of Badakushastali in Odisha’s Ganjam district and his office peon for allegedly taking bribe Rs 2,500 from a person for demarcation of his land and to issue right of record (RoR). The accused persons identified as Kailash Chandra Behera, RI and Govinda Chandra Pattanaik, peon were caught […]