Bhubaneswar: A total of 6,817 officials have been booked by Vigilance for alleged corrupt practices in Odisha till September 30, 2019, informed Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to the Assembly on Monday.
During the sixth day of the Assembly proceedings today, the CM said that the vigilance cases have been registered against 895 Group-A officers, 798 Group-B officers, 3535 Group-C officials, 193 Group-D officials and 1396 other government employees in the State.
The corrupt officials are under trials at various courts, Naveen told the House.
The government has appointed Prosecution Liaison officers at vigilance courts to expedite the corruption cases against the officials, he added.