RECOVERED RS.1.15 LAKH SUSPECTED ILLGOTTEN CASH.!
Bhubaneswar : Tahsildar Chandrapur of Rayagada district has been caught red-handed by vigilance today . Rs 1,15 lakh rupees has been recovered from him ,
Sri Bichitrananda Nayak, On receipt of reliable inputs that Sri Bichitrananda Nayak, Tahsildar Chandrapur, District- Rayagada had demanded and collected huge bribe amount, and was proceeding towards Rayagada from Chandrapur with illgotten cash, a team of Odisha Vigilance intercepted him at Dangasarada on State Highway between Chandrapur and Muniguda. On seeing the Vigilance team, Sri Nayak, the Tahsildar threw the bag containing illgotten cash amounting to Rs.1,15, 000/-, which was promptly recovered by the Vigilance team in presence of witnesses. However, the Tahsildar rashly drove the vehicle in high speed, injuring a member of the Vigilance team, and managed to escape from the spot. The Vigilance team later traced the Tahsildar at Rayagada and detained him. The cash Rs.1,15,000/- suspected to be illgotten bribe money has been seized.
Searches are being carried out at the office and residential quarter of Sri Nayak, Tahasildar at Chandrapur and at other locations. He is being interrogated to ascertain the source of the recovered cash.
