On the allegation of possession of disproportionate assets by Khordha Forest Division Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) Sudhansu Sekhar Sahoo, the Bhubaneswar Vigilance sleuths raided his houses and office and got assets worth over
Rs 1 crore.
The houses searched include his residential Government quarter in Unit-VI, Bhubaneswar, house on Plot No.252, Chhotaraypur, Khandagiri, father-in-law’s house at Nandapur, Khurda, office room at Khurda Forest Division and parental house at Chati Palanga. His assets were estimated to be worth
Rs 1,05,37,488.
Sahoo joined in Government service as Forest Range Officer in 1984 and posted to Ganjam, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Phulbani and Khurda districts.
He was promoted to the rank of ACF in 2009 and presently posted to Khurda Forest Division.
In another case, Revenue Inspector, Parposi, Deogarh lochan Pradhan was arrested on the day for demanding bribe of Rs 3,000 to submit report in a land mutation case.
Complainant Aliazar Kujur of Jharagugua village in Deogarh had filed the mutation case for issuance of RoR (patta). He repeatedly requested RI Pradhan to submit his report. On this, Pradhan demanded Rs 3,000. On the complaint of Kujur, the Sambalpur Vigilance division laid a trap and caught Pradhan red-handed.