Nuapada District Chief Veterinary Officer Trilochan Dhal was arrested by the Vigilance police late on Saturday night while he was on his way home with a cash of Rs 2.77 lakh. Being informed by reliable sources, Vigilance officials were waiting on the road near the Tarini temple at Nuapada and caught the officer when he reached the spot by a Government vehicle. The Vigilance team found the cash in the car. Vigilance DSP Satyaban Mahananda informed that the CDVO, who was going to his village Naraj in Cuttack district, failed to provide information on the source of the money.
The Vigilance has taken the officer into custody for further investigation. Searches were still going on in the official residence of the CDVO at Nuapada and his home at Naraj in Cuttack till the submission of this report.