Dushmanta Nayak, an Assistant Teacher at the Government Upper Primary School, S Routpur under Gosani block of Gajapati district, landed in trouble when Vigilance officials on Tuesday raided several places over allegation against him regarding possession of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
The Vigilance sleuths carried out simultaneous searches at Nayak’s residence at Erdala Street here, native place at Jangalpadu village under the Gurandi police limits in the district, house of relative at Gunupur in Rayagada district, office of the school, and seven other houses here belonging to Nayak.The total assets of Nayak and his family members were calculated as over Rs 4.03 crore.
In another case on the day, Vigilance officials raided multiple places in connection with allegations against Narayan Pradhan, Assistant Engineer, Public Health Department, Sundargarh, regarding possession of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
A 40-member Vigilance team conducted simultaneous searches at six places. The total assets of Pradhan and his family members were assessed as Rs 1.84 crore.
In yet another case, Ashish Kumar Rout, Sub-Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Subarnapur, was caught red-handed by the Vigilance for demanding and accepting an illegal gratification of Rs 17,000 from one Manjaya Dharua of village Balpur, PS Dunguripali, to process his pending paddy procurement bills.