Cuttack: Vigilance has seized more than Rs 4 lakh unaccounted money from the possession of a traffic inspector of Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district.
Based on reliable information, a team of Vigilance officials intercepted Prasanta Kumar Mohapatra, traffic inspector in the office of RTO, Jagatsinghpur, at Tarini Chhaka, Biribati near Cuttack while he was proceeding to Bhubaneswar in a car on Friday.
On checking Mohapatra, Rs 4.27 lakh, suspected to be ill-gotten cash, was found in his possession. As he could not account for the money satisfactorily, the amount was recovered from him and seized.
Following the interception, the Vigilance carried out search at two locations of Mohapatra from DA angle. They were also questioning the traffic inspector to ascertain the source of funds.
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik appealed to the voters to vote for…
New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has slammed Banaras Hindu University (BHU)…
Bhubaneswar: BJP's national spokesman and Puri MP candidate Sambit Patra admitted his mistake of saying…
New Delhi: The fifth phase of polling in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections saw an…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha unit of BJP has appointed Samir Ranjan Dash and Tapan Kumar Chand as…
New Delhi: After an unusually comfortable April, the mercury has been steadily rising in the national…
Bhubaneswar: As many as 10 places in Odisha recorded temperature of 40 degree Celsius or…
New Delhi: The Indian government on Monday declared a one-day state mourning on May 21…