Vigilance officers on Friday conducted raids on houses and office rooms of two Forest Range Officers on the complaints of disproportionate assets lodged against them in different forest divisions in Sundargarh district.
Former Tamada Range Officer Gyanendra lima’s residential house at Bhabanipur, father-in-law’s house at Bedha Bahal in Sundargarh and office of the Sudarsan East Corn Pvt ltd at Sahidnagar in Bhubaneswar were simultaneously searched.
During searches, the Vigilance officers detected movable and immovable assets worth of Rs1,91,41,142 in lima’s and in the name of his family members’ names.
Similarly, Barasuan Forest Ranger Officer Ganesh Majhi’s residential house at Santipada in Balangir, father-in-law’s house at Baghapaliin Bargarh, office room and official residence at Koliposh and office chamber in Barasuan were simultaneously searched.
During search, movable and immovable assets worth RsRs 1,03,00,000 were detected in his and his family members, names.
In yet another incident, Cuttack Collectorate Record Keeper Pradyuman Kumar Nanda and one Trilochan Mohanty of Jagatsinghpur district’s Barapada villager were caught by Vigilance officers for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs1,000 from Ratnakar Dash of Sriram village of Cuttack district for preparation and issuance of 13 certified copies of land Patta.
Nanda had directed the complainant to talk to the Trilochan Mohanty (Private Person) sitting in the same office for negotiation and finalization of the bribe money in this regard. Mohanty fixed the bribe money.