Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance has conducted 389 raids in the last two years (2020 & 2021) and 40 were dismissed from service.
This has been informed to the State Legislative Assembly by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday.
In a written reply to a question by Bhupinder Singh, BJD MLA from Narla, the Chief Minister said that out of the 389 raids 201 were conducted on the basis of complaints filed by the victims while 185 were conducted by the Vigilance on their own.
As many as 40 persons have lost their jobs as a consequence of these raids, he added.