Bhubaneswar: Biranchi Narayan Sahoo, an officer of the Odisha Staff (OSSC) Staff (OSSC) commission has been under the wighing scanner for allegedly having disproportionate assets with the known source of income.
OSSC recruit directly from Group B posts from various departments in the Odisha government.
Sahoo posted as a personal secretary (PS) to members of OSSC Jagannath Lenka.
Sleuth whose vigilance has not only found Sahoo’s assets worth more than Rs 3.79 Crore, but also confiscated many documents related to recruitment, including recognizing applicant cards.
Very suspicious vigilance Sahoo may have taken the kickback of prospective jobs.
“We will investigate the corner of suspected recruitment fraud, if any,” said a citizenship officer.
On allegations of ownership of non-owned assets, simultaneous raids were carried out in six places of Sahoo in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack by three team of divisions of the vigilance consisting of 4 DSP, 13 inspectors and other staff.
“We found it had two two-story buildings in Niladri Vihar here, two single floor houses at Bhakti Vihar here and 14 plots in Bhubaneswar, Khurda and Puri.
He has an insurance deposit worth more than Rs 56 lakh.
RS12 Lakh cash confiscated From his house and cash 13 lakh cash was found from his relatives’ house.
In addition, we found gold ornaments weighing around 1.5 kg of more than Rs 60 lakh, “said Jeshwa Jeshwa alertness director.
Slip banks that show large cash deposit in different bank accounts have also been restored.
“We verify the documents related to recruitment confiscated from his house.
Further search and verification are ongoing.
He is questionable,” Jethwa said.
The source said Sahoo was likely to be arrested on Saturday because he reportedly failed to give a satisfying reply about his legitimate source of wealth.
Lenka, OSSC members expressed ignorance of alleged Illegal PS activities.
A red-faced OSC said Sahoo had to face decisive action because his suspicion made a mistake.
“We want to convince prospective government jobs that we have never promoted illegal activities.
All recruitment is done in a fair and transparent way,” said an OSSC official.