Ramakanta ,Asst Engineer Trap by Vigilance
Dr.Badal tah,Odishabarta
Rayagada, 29 September: Ramakanta Mallik, Asst. Engineer(Estimator), Office of Executive Engineer, Public Health Division, Rayagada has been apprehended on last Friday by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and accepting bribe Rs. 7,000/- from a Complainant (a Contractor’s family member) in order to process the file for signing of agreement between the contractor and the Executive Engineer, PH. Disvision, Rayagada for execution of 02 nos.of P H works.
The entire bribe money has been recovered from accused Sri Mallik, Asst Engineer and seized.
Following the trap, simultaneous searches are going on at 3 locations of Sri Mallik from DA angle.
In this connection, Koraput Vigilance P.S case No. 30/2023 U/s 7 P.C Amendment Act, 2018 has been registered. Investigation is in progress against accused Mallik, Asst Engineer.
“We must thank the Vigilance department for this befitting action. Recently Vigilance seluths unearthed crores of money in cash & kind from a tainted Divisional Forest Officer. Last month three senior corrupt engineers got suspended as five persons including four children succumbed to caving in of a bridge constructed with extreme low quality. We are really concerned about the mammoth corruption in the district and this is just tip of the iceberg”, said Rasmi Ranjan Dora, a farmer entrepreneur of the district.
There are three urban areas like Rayagada and Gunupur municipalities and Gudari notified area council(NAC) where the PH division executes it’s work. “Apart from Rayagada municipality, the corruption is in its height in Gunupur town limit. The information retrieved through RTI Act reveals irregularities galore done by concerned authorities, especially the engineers. Some of the members of Society For Fast Justice, Rayagada are in the process of approaching Odisha Lokayukta as the grievances are hardly addressed by the district administration”, lamented Bijaya Das, a budding scribe and a social activist.
