A conversation over mobile phone between a Revenue Inspector of Hemgiri block of Sundargarh district and a local person, whose land has been acquired by the Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), went viral on Saturday, exposing the corruption in payment of compensation to the land oustees in Sundargarh district.
The Sundargarh Collector on Sunday directed an inquiry into the matter on Sunday. The revenue inspector in question has also been transferred to another place.
Bhaskar Badehi, a resident of Kurumkela village under Lephriparda block, had a patch of about 3.24 acres of land in Jhupuranga village under Hemgiri block, which was acquired by the MCL. His land has been valued as Rs 95 lakh and the payment of the same is in process.
While he was following up the matter to release his compensation amount, Revenue Inspector of Hemgiri block Amiya Chura had allegedly demanded an amount of Rs 2 lakh for early release of his compensation amount.
A conversation on mobile, between Badhei and RI Chura, reportedly went viral on Saturday, where in Chura is heard demanding money for early processing of his file.
Similarly, in another conversation on mobile between one broker and one displaced person (both not identified yet) which too went viral on Saturday, the broker has been demanding one percent each has to be paid to Additional District Magistrate, Sundargarh and Revenue Officer for processing the file. After both the audio conversations went viral in social media setting off a furor, Sundargarh Collector Nikhil Pawan Kalyan directed an inquiry on Sunday. Sundargarh ADM Biswajeet Mohapatra has been given responsibility to conduct the inquiry and submit a report.