The State Government on Saturday dismissed six more officials on corruption charges. Further, pension benefits of four more retired officials were stopped.
These six dismissed officials had earlier been convicted by Vigilance courts. They are: Junior Clerk Sanjit Kumar Ray working in Kuanrmunda tehsil in Sundargarh district under the Commerce and Transport Department; former Assistant Engineer of Baripada ITDA Baikuntha Bihari Pradhan; Dr Bhagirathi Biswal of the Fisheries and Animal Husbandry Department; Junior Engineer Basant Kumar Patra, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department, Dhenkanal; Kutra block Panchayat Executive Officer Trilochan Seth and Bonai block Panchayat Executive Officer Astam Chandra Patel. The retired officials whose pensions were stopped are: former Executive Engineer in Water Resources Department Goutam Chandra Prusty; former GM of OCC Bikram Keshari Patnaik; former Establishment Officer in the office of Chief Engineer, Sewerage Board office in Cuttack Rabindra Kumar Jena and former Junior Engineer in Baripada ITDA Rabi Narayan Mohanty.
Notably, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had earlier this month dismissed 15 officials and stopped pensions of two retired others owing their conviction in graft cases.