Malkangiri/Koraput: The Vigilance department Friday launched simultaneous raids on the properties of a junior engineer (JE) of Malkangiri district and a forester of Koraput district.
On the allegation of possession of disproportionate assets (DA), Vigilance officers raided the properties of the two government officers at nine locations, an officer of the anti-corruption wing said.
The department has identified the officers as Nihar Ranjan Sarkar, JE of Malkangiri block and Niranjan Satapathy, forester, Koraput.
Till 1 pm, the Vigilance officers had detected one palatial triple-storeyed building, eight valuable plots, including six in the posh area of Malkangiri town, and Rs 2.11 lakh cash from the possession of the JE, he said. Sarkar joined the government service in November 2015 on a contractual basis.
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He was regularised in August 2022.
In December last year, he was posted as JE at the Malkangiri block. Similarly, during the raids in connection to the forester, two triple-storeyed buildings in Bhubaneswar, another building in Koraput, seven high-value plots, including two in the prime location of Bhubaneswar, 1 kg gold, Rs 8.70 lakh cash, and one SUV were detected by the Vigilance officers.
Satapathy entered into government service in January 1988 as a forest guard under the Koraput forest division with a monthly initial salary of Rs 625.