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Brahmapur Anganwadi worker arrested

PNS

Vigilance officials on Wednesday raided multiple places in connection with allegations against Sandhyarani Bhatta, an Anganwadi Worker at the Akshayadham Anganwadi Centre, Baselisahi, Puri, for alleged possession of assets disproportionate to her known sources of income.

The officers carried out raids at the residential house of her father where she and her family members stay, a house located at the Akshayadham fish market, Baselisahi, a house constructed over plot no. 2411, Puri, a triple-storied building at Hatisal, Lokanath Road, Puri, a single-storied building located at her in-laws’ house at Hatasahi, Bantalasingh, Puri, office of her husband Pravat Mishra located at Delaware, Puri, and the Anganwadi Centre.

The total assets of Bhatta and her family members were calculated as Rs 1.14 crore. The Vigilance police on Wednesday arrested Namita Dalai, Anganwadi Worker, Ward-9, Berhampur Municipal Corporation, on the charges of amassing assets disproportionate to her known sources of income. 

Vigilance officers had on Tuesday conducted simultaneous searches at various places associated with Dalai and found her in possession of assets worth Rs 2.25 crore.