Vigilance glare on former principal

Bhawanipatna: A former college principal was arrested in Kalahandi district Tuesday for allegedly possessing disproportionate assets (DA) after the Vigilance Directorate unearthed assets worth more than Rs 5 crore from his possession.

Searches were conducted at five places Monday following inputs that Ramesh Chandra Sahoo was possessing assets disproportionate to the known sources of income.

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Sahoo was the former principal of the Heera Neela College in Biswanathpur, the Vigilance department said in a release.

A single-storey building, a house in Bhubaneswar, a plot and Rs 1.94 lakh in cash were among the movable and immovable assets worth over Rs 5 crore that were unearthed, it said. A case has been registered.

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