Odisha: Four Officers Including A Lady Veterinary Doctor Arrested On Separate Graft Charges

Bhubaneswar, Mar 21: Odisha Vigilance on Thursday arrested four state government officers including a lady veterinary doctor on separate corruption charges.

According to the Vigilance official, Susmita Sethi, block veterinary officer (BVO), Reamal of Deogarh district was arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a poultry farmer (complainant).

Sethi allegedly demanded the bribe from the poultry farmer to submit an asset verification report in his favour for releasing the pending subsidy bill for construction of a village poultry farm.

Similarly, Drona Kumar Tandi, Headmaster of Trishakti School in Makaraguda under Golamunda block of Kalahandi district, was apprehended by the Vigilance while accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 from a contractor for clearing his running bill.

The accused Headmaster has allegedly told the contractor to give him the bank slip after depositing Rs 40,000 in his bank account. After depositing the amount, the contractor handed over the counter foil of the deposit slip when the vigilance sleuths entered into his official chamber.

The Vigilance officials also arrested Sangeeta Mohapatra, an Assistant Engineer (AE) of Khordha block in Khordha district for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a Contractor for clearing bills.

The officials of the anti-corruption agency also arrested Rasananda Kar, block education officer (BEO) Daringbadi in Kandhamal district on Wednesday evening for misappropriation of government money of Rs 20 lakh.

The Vigilance registered four separate cases against the government servants and launched simultaneous searches at the properties of the accused officials at different locations.