The State Government has given compulsory retirement to five more officers on the charges of corruption and inefficiency. The officials included a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), an OAS officer, an Inspector of Police and two Municipal Executive Officers.
With this, 151 officials have been compulsorily retired by the State Government so far.
Rabindra Kumar Sethi, who served as DSP in the Investigation Unit on Crime Against Women (IUCAW) in Kalahandi district, has been asked to retire from service. He was arrested by Vigilance while accepting Rs 5,000 as bribe from a complainant and sent to judicial custody.
Sushil Kujur, former Bonai Tehsildar, is accused of misappropriating MGNREGA funds to the tune of Rs 24,22,538 during his tenure as Dhenkanal Sadar BDO. He had been arrested by Vigilance and sent to judicial custody.
Binod Bihari Nayak, Inspector-in-Charge, Bangomunda police station, had been intercepted by a Vigilance team recently near the Bargarh tollgate and a sum of Rs 2,06,220 was recovered from his car. Besides, Rs 3,80,920 was recovered from his official residence at Bangomunda.
Nayak was arrested. Further investigation revealed that the car he was using belonged to a criminal from Sambalpur district.
Former Executive Officer of Basudevpur Municipality Tapas Ranjan Jena has been accused of disobedience, poor performance, misappropriation of funds and dereliction in duty. So, compulsory retirement has been awarded to him.
Another officer, Bijay Krushna Nayak, former Executive Officer of Karanjia NAC in Mayurbhanj district, has been accused of incompetence, negligence in duty, moral depravity, illicit relations with women, disobedience to Government directives, etc. So, he has been removed from service