The local Vigilance police on Wednesday seized cash of Rs 1.10 lakh from the vehicle of Kalahandi Civil Supplies Officer (CSO) Siba Shankar Dora. The Vigilance sleuths intercepted the vehicle near the CSO’s rented house here when he himself driving the Bolero.
Kalahandi Vigilance DSP Satyaban Mahanand said they had received an input that the CSO collected Rs 5 lakh from some millers and was heading towards his home. However, during the search, the Vigilance officials got Rs 1.10 lakh.
The DSP said the CSO could not answer as to from which source he got the money. Simultaneously, the Koraput vigilance police conducted a raid at the CSO’s own house at Nabarangpur. The DSP said.