Puri: The Odisha Vigilance on Tuesday nabbed the Nimapada tehsildar and seized over Rs 5 lakh cash from him. Five different PAN cards were found in his possession with different numbers.
Vigilance officials said that they will ask the Income-Tax (I-T) authorities to probe the matter.
Jena has been involved in two Vigilance cases in the past. One was regarding settlement of land and issuing patta. The chargesheet has been filed and trial is pending. The other case relates to illegal conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural land.
On Tuesday, the Vigilance team intercepted Rama Chandra Jena, the tehasildar and in-charge sub-registrar, and seized Rs 4.65 lakh from him.
The team recovered another Rs 50,000 during searches at his government quarter in Nimapada.
Simultaneous searches are being carried out on his properties in Cuttack and at his native place in Dhanmandal, in Kendrapara district.
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