The Vigilance department has continued its probe against alleged irregularities in the construction of a stadium in Jaleswar.
The department has undertaken the inquiry after registering case against five people including the executive officer of the municipality and contractor carrying out the work.
On May 9, 2010, the foundation stone for construction of the stadium for promotion of sports in rural area at Santia was laid during the tenure former MP Srikant Jena and the total estimated cost was about Rs 2 crore.
The fund was provided out of the CSR of Central Fertilizer and Chemical Department, which was headed by Jena then. The money had been provided for construction of the field in phased manner.
After learning about the gross irregularities, the Vigilance had initiated a probe in 2014. For the work while contractor of ‘A’ class should have been selected , contractor selected was Rabinararyan Mohanty who has a ‘C’ class licence.
Another fact, which came to light during the probe was that about Rs 1.5 crore was exhausted while only
ground work and boundary construction have been made so far.
The vigilance registered a case against the then executive officer Nimai Charan Mohanty, assistant engineer Ashok Mohanty , JE Deepka Behera , the then chairman Prabir Pradhan, besides contractor Mohanty. The sleuths, headed by an officer in the rank of Additional SP, visited Jaleswar and made a ground assessment on Wednesday as part of continuation of the inquiry.