Vigilance sleuths conducted raids at the houses of a Gram Rozgar Sevak (GRS) on Thursday in connection with a disproportionate assets case.Hemanu Bagh of Singsari gram panchayat in Nabarangpur district has allegedly accumulated assets worth crores of rupees beyond known sources of his income.
Acting of a tipoff, four Vigilance teams of Nabarangpur, Jeypore, Malkangiri and Nuapada have conducted the raids on his houses at Canal Street of Umarkote.
During the raids, the officials recovered cash of Rs 17,83,000 in a bag. Further, alleged disproportionate properties worth crores in forms of buildings, plots, vehicles, jewellery, insurance and bank deposits and cash were reportedly detected.
In another case, Batakrishna Kata, Horticulture Overseer, Daringbadi, Kandhamal district, was caught red-handed by the Vigilance police while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from one Pure Pradhan of village Malebadi, Daringbadi, in order to process bills for mango plantation under the MGNREGA scheme in favour of Pradhan.