DFO CHILIKA ARRESTED ON DISPROPORTIONATE ASSETS CHARGES

Bureau,Odishabarta

Bhubaneswar:Vigilance sleuths Tuesday arrested a Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) in Odisha for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, a Vigilance officer said.

Assets worth Rs 1.32 crore were found disproportionate to his known sources of income of DFO of Chilika Wildlife Division Alok Ranjan Hota, said the officer.

Vigilance sleuths had conducted simultaneous raids at his office in Balugaon in Khordha district, a house in Dumduma in Khandagiri area and a three-storey building in handrasekharpur area of Bhubaneswar, his ancestral house in Biridi in Jagatsinghpur and a relative’s house in Padmapur under Balipatna police limits on Monday.

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