Vigilance arrests forest officer with assets worth 218 pc more than his income

Bhubaneswar, July 22 -- The Anti-corruption Vigilance Wing of Odisha Police today arrested a divisional forest officer for allegedly amassing disproportionate assets to the tune of 218 per cent more than his known sources of income.

The forest officer posted at Keonjhar district had amassed 115 plots in his and his family member's name over a period of two decades, which is stated to be highest ever by a government functionary.

Nityananda Nayak, Divisional Forest Officer, Kendu Leaf Division, Keonjhar, was arrested by Odisha Vigilance and forwarded to the Court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Keonjhar for possession of disproportionate assets (DA) to the tune of 218% of his known sources of income, which he could not account for satisfactori...