Former Assistant Conservator of Forest, Utilisation Division, Old Secretariat, Cuttack Rabinarayan Nayak was on Friday convicted in a disproportionate assets case and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment (RI) for a period of two years and pay fine of Rs 20,000.
The trial was held in the Court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Cuttack. Nayak who is retired now will have to undergo RI for a further period of four months in default of paying fine. Nayak’s residential Government quarter and office room at Cuttack and house at native village at Madhupada, Kendrapara had been searched in 1993 on the strength of search warrants. On completion of enquiry, a case had been registered by the Vigilance. Nayak possessed assets to the tune of Rs 3,45,391 which was disproportionate to his known sources of income.