Odisha Vigilance arrests two Extra Tehsildars in Khordha and Angul for corruption: one for amassing disproportionate property, one other caught accepting a bribe, highlighting intensified anti-corruption drives in impart revenue offices.
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2 additional Tehsildars nabbed by Vigilance in Odisha Describe: (OTV)
Separate raids, performed by the Odisha Vigilance sleuths in Khordha and Angul districts, landed two Extra Tehsildars in trouble on Wednesday.
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In the major anti-corruption pressure and after two days of continuing raids, Odisha Vigilance has arrested Jitendra Kumar Panda, Extra Tehsildar of Barang tehsil, on expenses of amassing property disproportionate to his known sources of earnings.
Following his arrest, Panda used to be produced sooner than a local court. Vigilance officials published that after two consecutive days of searches, his property maintain been found to be when it comes to 300 times better than his upright sources of earnings.
All over raids, Vigilance officials detected two multi-duplex properties in Badagada locality of Bhubaneswar, a flat in Uttara on the outskirts, a dwelling and four plots in Khordha district. Officers also seized Rs 73.66 lakh in money, round 500 grams of gold adorns, and four luxury autos from his possession.
In the 2nd incident, Prakash Chandra Nayak, Extra Tehsildar of Chhendipada tehsil in Angul district, used to be also caught in the Vigilance win on the identical day. He used to be caught purple-handed whereas accepting a bribe of Rs 9,000 in connection with a mutation case.
Vigilance officials detained Nayak along with one other workers member right thru the operation.
Both cases highlight the impart Vigilance Department’s intensified action against corruption in revenue offices right thru Odisha.
“Chhendipada Extra Tehsildar used to be caught in a Vigilance trap. He used to be detained whereas taking a bribe from a lawyer Gobinda Modi for 3 land mutation cases. The Vigilance team swooped in whereas he used to be accepting a bribe of Rs 9,000,” a senior official acknowledged.
“Vigilance sleuths caught him whereas he used to be taking a bribe thru the tehsil place of job peon, Kahnu Sahu. The team has detained each and every of them and is continuing the probe,” the official added.
