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Bhubaneswar, January 4: Vigilance sleuths on Sunday arrested Bijay Kumar Barik, Inspector in-charge (IIC) of CRRI police station in Cuttack, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 from a licenced liquor trader to allow him to operate his business without interference. He was caught red-handed at Raj Mahal Square here while receiving […]
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Bhubaneswar, October 29: Odisha vigilance on Tuesday apprehended Umakanta Mahakur, Assistant Commissioner of CT & GST, Titilagarh while allegedly demanding and taking bribe Rs 12,000 from a businessman to waive off penalty imposed on him for not payment of professional tax for three financial years. The incident reported at a time when Government and PSU […]
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Bhubaneswar, October 27: Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) Managing Director Sudhansu Mohan Samal on Monday administered the integrity pledge to employees at its head office here as the observance of Vigilance Awareness Week began today. The Vigilance Awareness Week will be observed from October 27 to November 2 on the theme “Vigilance: Our Shared Responsibility.” Employees […]
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Bhubaneswar, July 24: The Odisha Vigilance Department on Thursday arrested Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Executive Engineer Jagannath Pattnaik for allegedly possessing assets, including three multi storeyed buildings including one Bhubaneswar and three high value plots in the State capital city. According to the Vigilance communique, another wildlife case was instituted against Pattnaik for illegal possession […]
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Bhubaneswar, December 31: The Odisha Vigilance Department has unearthed disproportionate assets (DA) worth Rs 131 crore and registered over 200 criminal cases in 2024. As per a statement, the year-long crackdown resulted in the apprehension of 181 individuals, including high-ranking government officials, signaling the agency’s commitment to accountability and transparency. Among the 50 Class-I officers […]
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Bhubaneswar, December 6: Vigilance sleuths on Friday conducted simultaneous raids in nine places linked to Hirakud Hirakud Wildlife Division, Sambalpur Assistant Conservator of Forest (ACF) Tebati Raman Joshi on the allegation of possession of disproportionate assets to his known sources of income. The raids are being conducted by separate teams led by three DSPs, 10 […]
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Bhubaneswar, January 12: Vigilance on Friday arrested OMVD Talcher Traffic Jitendra Kumar Behera following seizure of Rs 24.27 lakh from his poesssion. Acting on tip-off, a Vigilance team intercepted Behera at Trinath Bazar under Balianta police station in Bhubaneswar while he was traveling in his car from Talcher to Astarang late last night, and found […]
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Bhubaneswar, August 25: Vigilance sleuths on Friday arrested Rayagada Territorial Division Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) for possession of disproportionate assets to the tune of 206% of his known sources of income, which he could not account for satisfactorily. The anti-corruption Vigilance sleuths on Thursday detected several properties including a building worth Rs 1.8 crore in […]
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Berhampur, March 9: Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday conducted simultaneous raids at five places associated with Jagannath Sethy, Executive Engineer, Rural Works (Electrical) Division in Berhampur, on charges of amassing property disproportionate to her known sources of income. As per a statement of the State Vigilance Directorate, the anti-corruption officials were searching at Sethy’s house at […]
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Cuttack/Bhawanipatna, July 3: A Vigilance team from Cuttack on Saturday nabbed Vigilance Special Public Prosecutor Asuthosh Mishra while he was taking Rs 1 lakh bribe from suspended Mahulpatna Outpost ASI Malay Rana to dismiss a case. Mishra was attached to the Court of Special Judge, Vigilance in Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district as a Special Prosecutor. […]
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