Three officials in Odisha Vigilance net

Bhawanipatna/Jagatsinghpur: Odisha Vigilance sleuths today raided multiple places in connection with allegation against three officials regarding possession of assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.

Officials of the anti-corruption agency conducted raids at the residence of Junagarh Ranger Laxman Sabar in Kalahandi, his parental house in Koksara and in-laws’ house at Tunaga.

Similarly, simultaneous raids were carried out by Vigilance officials at the parental house of CESU Junior Engineer, Jagatsinghpur, Dipti Prakash Swain at Bisipatala, house at Gopal Sagar, in-laws’ house and CESU office. Bank passbooks, documents, gold ornaments and cash were seized during the raids.

Likewise, Raighar Block Junior Engineer Niranjan Jena’s houses in Jajpur, Bhubaneswar and Umerkote were raided by Vigilance teams.

Till last reports came in, the raids were underway.