press trust of india
Bhubaneswar, August 4: A vigilance court in Sambalpur district Thursday sentenced a junior engineer to two years of rigorous imprisonment and slapped a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on him in a disproportionate asset case.
AK Das, special judge, vigilance, Sambalpur, pronounced the judgement after convicting Udayanath Swain, ex-junior engineer, PWD, R&B, Badgan section, of Sundargarh district in the case.
In default of payment of penalty, the convict will have to undergo a further RI for one month.
The anti-corruption sleuths on the allegation of possession of disproportionate assets by Swain, searched his residence and office at Badgaon and house at Deogarh, a vigilance statement said.
On completion of investigation, the department submitted a chargesheet against Swain for possession of disproportionate assets worth Rs 6,07,749.
Meanwhile, vigilance sleuths Thursday caught another junior engineer Bhagaban Sahoo, RWS&S, Dasapallah block in Nayagarh district.
Sahoo had allegedly demanded and accepted Rs 5,000 from a panchayat functionary to prepare and process the bill pending for construction of toilet under Swachha Bharat scheme.
