Friday, February 11, 2011

Vigilance raid on Kalahandi MVI

Expressbuzz, Feb 11, 2011
BHUBANESWAR: Anti-corruption sleuths today cracked down on a transport officer of Kalahandi and detected huge wealth the officer had amassed.


Premises of Nirmal Chandra Mohanty, MVI-cum-in-Charge RTO of Kalahandi came under Vigilance raids at four places simultaneously. He was found to have accumulated movable and immovable wealth to the tune of Rs. 99.46 lakh.

The sleuths searched Mohanty’s residential and office premises in Kalahandi, Rourkela, Jajpur and Bhubaneswar. His investment in jewellery stood at Rs. 16.33 lakh while deposits in banks and other such schemes was to the tune of Rs. 12.76 lakh. Rs. 59,515 was found in cash from his possession.

Similarly, Mohanty possesses three houses in Bhubaneswar, Rourkela and Balichandrapur (Jajpur) and at least four housing plots. The combined worth of the immovable assets was estimated to the tune of Rs. 69.76 lakh.

While the total assets, detected so far, stand marginally short of Rs.1 crore, his bank lockers are yet to be opened. Investigation is on and the Vigilance will soon register a case in this connection.

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