Tag: Vigilance

Uliburu mining scam: Ex-mines officer arrested

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

  • Thursday, 15 July 2021
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Vigilance files chargesheet against UP BSP chief

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 […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Money paid to beneficiaries, but houses not built: Vigilance

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 […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Vigilance registers criminal cases against 4 Markfed officers

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 […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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6 teams to probe corruption charges against IAS officer

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 […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Odisha Govt suspends arrested IAS officer

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 […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Polytechnic college head clerk held for bribery

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 […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Discom official arrested by Vigilance on graft charge

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, […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Vigilance records 47% conviction rate in graft cases in '16

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 […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Revenue Inspector held for taking Rs 2,500 bribe

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 […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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IPS officer's bail plea rejected; 3-day police remand allowed

Cuttack: A vigilance (special) court here today allowed the Anti-Corruption wing of Odisha police to take the arrested Tripura cadre Odia IPS officer Joydeep Nayak on remand for three days. The special court judge R K Hota also rejected a bail application filed by the IG-rank officer who was arrested by vigilance sleuths of Odisha […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Doctor caught by vigilance on graft charges

The anti-corruption vigilance sleuths today caught a lady doctor red handed while accepting bribe of Rs 3,600 from the husband of a pregnant woman for conducting an operation

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
Vigilance submits probe report against top cop in HC

Cuttack: The state vigilance directorate today submitted a preliminary inquiry report to the Orissa High Court on the basis of which a corruption case was registered against the former Odisha DGP Prakash Mishra who is now serving as the Director General of CRPF. The inquiry report was submitted in a sealed cover and the matter […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Vigilance arrests NH Executive Engineer in Bhubaneswar

Koraput/Bhubaneswar: Vigilance sleuths have arrested an Executive Engineer of NH Division in Jeypore, Harekrushna Panda after unaccounted cash amounting to Rs 3.89 lakh was recovered from his car on Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, the officials of the anti-corruption wing intercepted his vehicle near Unit-VIII in Bhubaneswar and seized the cash from his possession. Simultaneously, […]

  • Thursday, 24 June 2021
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Executive Engineer caught taking bribe from contractor

Deogarh: An Executive Engineer of Minor Irrigation Division in Deogarh was arrested by the Vigilance sleuths on Saturday while accepting a bribe of Rs 21,000 from a contractor. The executive engineer, identified as Rabindra Kumar Mehto, had reportedly sought Rs 21,000 bribe from a contractor Dilip Kumar Padhi for passing the latter’s pending bills. “A […]

  • Thursday, 24 June 2021
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