Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s vigilance on Monday blew the lid of massive corruption in land allotment under the Government Vasundhara scheme and arrested five income officials, including Odisha administrative service officials (OAS) and four income inspectors (RIS), for their guess.
involvement in fraud.
The defects were allegedly imposing the Homestead Government plot to several beneficiaries that did not meet the requirements in the Kujanga area under the Vasundhara scheme during 2015 until 2018.
Those who were arrested were identified by lethututives such as the OAS Officer of Ramesh Chandra Panda, former Tehsildar Kujanga and currently serving as Tehsildar in Tihidi, Santosh Kumar Maldick, former RI Jhimani and now RI from Tirtol, Narendra Kumar Lenka, retired RI Pararh Garh, Jyoti Bhusan Barik, former RI Pandua and is currently posted as RI from Ersama and Subash Chandra Das, retired RI Kujanga.
Under the Scheme of Vasundhara, poor people who do not have land, whose annual income is under RS 24,000, eligible to get around four decimal homestead land, free of premiums, in country rural areas.
Prima Facie, vigilance found that the Tehsildar defendant and Ris prepared a false report for some beneficiaries who did not meet the requirements in the Kujanga region.
“Five income officials commit criminal violations, misuse, counterfeiting and criminal conspiracy that settled illegally the government’s valuable land under the Law of Odisha land resolution that supports beneficiaries that do not meet the requirements under the Vasundhara scheme in Jagatsinghara Regency.
The fraud happened when they were posted in the Jagatsinghpur district between 2015 and 2018, “said a senior alertness officer.
The source said the former jagatsinghpur sub-collector was also under scanning vigilance due to alleged role in fraud.
Jeshwant Jethwa’s vigilance director said the investigation was ongoing and the allegations of several other involvement were being confirmed.
Simultaneous raids were carried out in five houses accused of in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Bhadrak and Jagatsinghpur by several team alert teams.
So far, detuth vigilance has detected irregularities in Homestead land allotments to nine beneficiaries who do not meet the requirements.
The amount tends to rise.
While the beneficiaries of Vasundhara have the right to get land in rural areas, the people accused of giving government-owned land to those who do not meet the requirements in the inaugural areas in the semi-urban area near the port of Paradip.
Odisha Wavilance Catch OAS Officer, 4 Ris in Vasundhara Land Scam
