Assistant Collector under Odisha Vigilance scanner

Rourkela: Office and residences of Rourkela Assistant Collector Manoranjan Nayak were raided on charges of accumulating assets disproportionate to his known source of income.

The Vigilance sleuths conducted raids simultaneously at five different places — office in Rourkela, two residences in Rourkela (MIG-27 and MIG 264, Chhend Colony, Kalinga Vihar) in Rourkela, ancestral house in Jajpur district and an apartment at Gothapatana area in Bhubaneswar.

Prior to his appointment as the Assistant Collector, Nayak was promoted as the Additional Tahasildar few months ago. Earlier, he was working as the senior clerk in Rourkela Government Hospital (RGH). Currently, he is working as the Assistant Collector in ADM Office, Rourkela.

Till the last report came in, the raids were underway. The amount of valuables and cash seized during the raids is yet to be ascertained.