Three retired government officials were convicted by Special Vigilance Courts in Odisha on Tuesday in separate corruption cases involving misappropriation of government funds and possession of disproportionate assets, the Odisha Vigilance said.
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Three retired government officials were convicted by Special Vigilance Courts in Odisha on Tuesday in separate corruption cases involving misappropriation of government funds and possession of disproportionate assets, the Odisha Vigilance said.
Among those convicted was Ganeswar Giri, former Development Clerk-cum-Store In-charge of Champua Block in Kendujhar district, who was found guilty of misappropriation of government funds between 2007-08 and 2010-11 by manipulating the block’s cement stock register. The Special Vigilance Court at Kendujhar sentenced him to two years’ rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000.
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In another case, Ramesh Chandra Mishra, former Revenue Inspector in the office of the Special Land Acquisition Officer, Lower Suktel Irrigation Project (LSIP), Balangir, was convicted for misappropriating government funds by abusing his official position and facilitating payment of land compensation to an ineligible person. The Special Vigilance Court at Balangir sentenced him to three years’ rigorous imprisonment and fined him Rs 10,000.
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In a disproportionate assets case, Kalayanipuri Gandhi Chaudhury, former Executive Engineer of the Hydro Electric Project Investigation Division at Jeypore in Koraput district, was convicted by the Special Vigilance Court in Bhubaneswar. He was sentenced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 1 lakh.
Following the convictions, Odisha Vigilance said it would move the competent authorities to stop the pension benefits of all three retired officials.
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