Bhawanipatna: Separate teams of Odisha Vigilance sleuths carried out simultaneous raids Monday morning on different places linked to the Principal of Maa Heera Neela Degree College in Biswanathpur locality under Lanjigarh police limits of Kalahandi district.
The college principal has been identified as Ramesh Chandra Sahu. House searches were conducted based on allegation that Sahu has amassed assets unequal to his legal sources of income.
“Simultaneous searches are being conducted by five Vigilance teams led by six Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs), four Inspectors, and several other subordinate staff,” a senior official stated.
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A source said that acting on an order of Bhawanipatna Sub-Collector, a four member committee had earlier carried out an inquiry in August 2021 and found that the principal was involved in a number of financial irregularities in the college.
The sleuths conducted raids at five different places in Khurda and Kalahandi districts on the strength of search warrants issued by Special Vigilance Judge in Bhawanipatna town of Kalahandi.
The places where raids were conducted include: a residential house on Plot No-SB/07 at Arya Palli in Dumduma Housing Board Colony of Bhubaneswar, a residential house located at Biswanathpur area under Lanjigarh police limits in Kalahandi district, a stone-crusher unit at Khurda, another crusher unit at Pokharibandh near Biswanathpur of Kalahandi, Sahu’s Office in Heera Neela College at Biswanathpur.
However, the valuation of disproportionate assets that the government official has amassed will be ascertained after the raids are over.
“Raids are likely to continue to detect all the movable and immovable assets of principal Sahu. Vigilance sleuths have been scrutinising several important documents seized during raids,” the source said.
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