Tag: Vigilance

Khurda: Vigilance sleuths today arrested the executive officer of Jatni Municipality in Khurda district while she was accepting Rs 5000 bribe. As per the allegations, the accused identified as Lalita Kapoor had demanded a bribe amount of Rs 10,000 from one Bhikhyakari Sahu for sanctioning the latter’s pending gratuity amount. Reportedly, Sahu retired three years […]

Kendrapara: Officials of Vigilance department on Friday conducted simultaneous raids on office and residence of a high school teacher on charges of accumulating assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The teacher identified as Ranjan Kumar Nayak is currently posted as an Assistant teacher at the Jampada Girls High School in the district. According […]

Balasore: Vigilance sleuths today arrested a revenue inspector in Kedarpur panchayat of the district for allegedly taking a bribe amount of Rs 4,200. The anti-graft officials also arrested two more persons in connection with the case. As per the allegations, the accused identified as RI Kamini Panigrahy had demanded a bribe of Rs 3000 from […]

Berhampur: Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday arrested a Food Safety Officer and a senior helper while accepting a bribe of Rs 1,000 to renew a food license of a hotel. The food safety officer identified as Tapaswini Behera and senior helper Dharmananda Nayak of Berhampur Municipal Corporation were caught red-handed by the vigilance sleuths while accepting […]

Kendrapada: Vigilance Department officials raided several government offices in Kendrapara today over allegations of undue favours shown to arrested gangster Tito. The raids were carried out at Garadapur tehsil, Derabisha tehsil and the RTO office at Dehuria tehsil. Similarly, Civil Supplies department’s office and the Municipality office in Kendrapara were also raided. According to sources, […]

Cuttack: Vigilance sleuths today arrested a clerk of SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack on charges of accepting bribe from a retired official for clearing pending salary arrears. One Dillip Rout who works as a clerk in the Accounts department of the SCB hospital was caught red-handed while accepting bribe of Rs 5000 from […]

Dhenkanal: Vigilance sleuths today conducted raids on the houses and office of Dhenkanal Regional Transport Officer (RTO) Basant Kumar Behera on charges of amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. Sources said, a team of anti-graft officials of Cuttack and Angul division carried simultaneous searches in five places including Behera’s office in Dhenkanal […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after senior IAS officer Binod Kumar and five other persons were found guilty in connection with a massive financial fraud in Orissa Rural Housing Development Corporation (ORHDC), Vigilance sleuths today raided the residence of the officer in a bid to arrest him. Officials of the anti-corruption agency conducted raids at the official […]

Jeypore: Vigilance sleuths today raided 10 places associated with Executive Engineer Shiba Prasad Bhol of the rural development department on charges of amassing disproportionate assets. A five-member team led by Cuttack Vigilance DSP Nirmal Chandra Mohanty searched different places including the official residence of Bhol. There have been allegations of irregularities against Bhol in execution […]

Rourkela: Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday conducted simultaneous raids on residences of Ramlal Tanti – the headmaster of Jalangbira Project Upper Primary School, on charges of amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income Acting on a tip off, five teams of anti-graft officials conducted searches at three places including Tanti’s houses at Raibaga road […]

Bargarh: Vigilance sleuths today conducted raids at the office and residences of Assistant Engineer of Bhawanipatna Lift Irrigation Division, Rasananda Majhi and Assistant Engineer of Rengali Canal Sub-Division Ghanashyam Seth on charges of amassing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income. Acting on allegations against the two officials, the Vigilance team led by DSP […]

Keonjhar: A senior lady pharmacist of the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) dispensary was on Tuesday arrested by the Vigilance sleuths in Gandhamardan of Keonjhar district while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000. According to sources, the pharmacist identified as Lina Priyadarshini, had sought bribe from one medicine representative Rajesh Kumar Behera to clear a bill […]

Ganjam/Jagatsinghpur: Vigilance sleuths Wednesday conducted raids on residences and offices of two government officials- the Block Education Officer (BEO) of Dharakote in Ganjam and an Assistant Engineer of Roads & Building Division in Jagatsinghpur on charges of amassing wealth disproportionate to their known sources of income. A three-member team of Berhampur division vigilance simultaneously searched […]

Bhubaneswar: Vigilance sleuths today conducted simultaneous raids on the residence and office of OAS officer Asutosh Samal on charges of amassing properties and assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. Currently posted in Revenue and Disaster Management department, Samal has been accused of possessing disproportionate assets. Simultaneous raids are underway at his Bhandaripokhari and […]

Jeypore: Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday arrested Koraput district civil supplies officer Ballav Chandra Das for accepting Rs 50,000 bribe from a miller to clear pending bills. As per reports, Ballav Chandra had demanded the bribe to clear pending bills of Rs 22 lakh from a miller P. Sannamukha Babu following which the latter lodged a […]