Vigilance cases have been registered against 19 IAS, two IPS, seven IFS and 290 OAS officers during the last 11 years from 2005 to 2016 in the State.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik informed this in the State Assembly in response to a question of Congress MlA Krushnachandra Sagaria on Monday.
The Chief Minister further stated that Vigilance investigations against all the 19 IAS officers, one IPS, four IFS and 212 OFS officers have been completed, and cases have not been withdrawn from none of the officers’ names.
To a related question of Congress MlA Kailash Chandra Kulesika, the Chief Minister said the Vigilance department has investigated into 1,001 criminal offences and filed chargesheets against 1,043 persons during the last two years from January 1, 2014 to August 31, 2016. During this period, the anti-corruption department had taken steps for actions against 10 all-India level officers, he said.
Similarly, in response to a question of another Congress MlA Tara Prasad Bahinipati, the Chief Minister informed that Vigilance raids were conducted at a total of 616 places between the year 2015 and August 31, 2016. While disproportionate assets cases have been registered against 123 Government officers and employees, 17 of them have been arrested and disproportionate assets have been seized from all 123 officials.
While Bahinipati wanted to know whether the Government feels corruption at the Government level has increased, Patnaik said it can’t be said corruption has gone up, but it is certain that the anti-corruption agency has been more active.
In a reply to a question of Congress MlA Naba Kishore Das, who wanted to know against how many Group-A officers the Vigilance had wanted permission from the State Government to take legal action since the year 2005 and in how many cases the Government has given permissions, the Chief Minister said date is being collected.