The Vigilance police on Saturday arrested
and forwarded to court Rayagada in-charge Excise Superintendent Nina
Beura a day after she had been caught with unaccounted cash of Rs 6.29
lakh in a car near Totapada Chhack on National Highway-16 in Khordha
district.
Beura was intercepted by a team of Vigilance officials at around 11.30
on Friday night when she was on her way to Bhubaneswar from
Rayagada in a private vehicle.
During a search, Rs 6 lakh was recovered from her possession, which
she could not account for satisfactorily.
Earlier, the anti-graft agency had reliable information regarding
collection of huge cash by Beura as illegal gratification from IMFL and
country liquor vendors, following which a close watch was kept over her
movements and activities.
Beura's husband Nihar Ranjan Mohanty, who is posted as IIC of the
Mahanga police station, was directed to appear at the Vigilance office
after being found missing from his residence at Mahanga during a raid
by Vigilance officials.
Subsequently, searches were carried out at different residential areas
linked to Beura and her relatives.
Meanwhile, the Mahanga IIC appeared in the Vigilance office in
Bhubaneswar and was grilled for hours.