Tag: Vigilance

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 […]

Bhadrak: Vigilance officials today conducted simultaneous searches on the office and residence of Kamalakant Behera, Assistant Executive Engineer of Salandi Canal Division in Bhadrak on charges of amassing property disproportionate to his known sources of income. Sources said two teams of the anti-corruption wing headed by Balasore Vigilance DSP Santosh Samantray and Baripada Vigilance DSP […]

Rourkela: Three Government officials have been arrested by Vigilance for their alleged involvement in financial irregularities  in a road construction project in Sundergarh district. The officials- Lathikata Block Development Officer (BDO) Purna Chandra Bhoi, assistant executive engineer Rajkishore Sahu and assistant engineer Budheswar Sahoo have been nabbed for embezzlement of around Rs 42 lakh. The […]

Rourkela: A team of Vigilance officials today raided official residence of three officers of Lathikata block in Sundergarh district on charges of their involvement in financial irregularities. The sleuths searched the houses of BDO Purna Chandra Bhoi, additional executive engineer Rajkishore Sahu and additional engineer Budheswar Sahoo located in Chhend Colony. After financial irregularities of […]

Baripada: Vigilance sleuths arrested Kaptipada Tehsildar Sarat Chandra Mallick while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh today. Sources said the Tehsildar was accepting the bribe from one Hemant Behera to facilitate illegal sand mining when officials of the anti-corruption wing caught him red-handed. Mallick had demanded a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Vigilance department has registered criminal cases against 453 persons in 2017. Cases have been registered against 61 Class-I officials , 61 Class-II, 383 Class III and 10 Class IV staff in the year. The vigilance registered cases against 38 government staff and 356 non-government officials. While judicial process of 284 cases has […]