NAVEEN SACKS SIX TAINTED OFFICIALS
Bureau,Odishabarta
Bhubaneswar: Continuing the zero-tolerance policy towards corruption, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday dismissed six government officials from service while two others have been given compulsory retirement.
The six officials include Sudhir Kumar Brajendra Narayan, former Chief Engineer and MD of OBCC; Arun Charan Parida, OBCC Senior Project Manager; Pramod Behera, retired Assistant Engineer of Rural Development Kamakshyanagar Sub-Division; Brajasundar Pattnaik, retired Assistant Engineer of Rural Development, Puri; Khageswar Swain, retired Executive Engineer, Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC); and Bibekananda Mohanty, retired Superintending Engineer Roads and Building Division, Sambalpur.
The pension of above mentioned officials have also been stopped permanently.
The two officers given compulsory retirement on graft charges are– Revenue Inspector (RI) Iswari Prasad Purohit of Koksara Tehsil in Kalahandi and RI Arun Kumar Purohit of Biramaharajpur Tehsil in Sonepur district.
With this, the Odisha government has so far dismissed 74 officials from service while 15 officers were given compulsory retirement from August last year, said a statement issued by the Chief Minister Office (CMO) today.
Source;pns
