Rayagada: The Odisha Vigilance Department officials today intercepted Kishor Chandra Nayak, Asst. Soil Conservation Officer, Rayagada while carrying suspected ill-gotten cash of Rs. 5,04,560 near Aravninda School, Raygada. He was on his way to his residential rented house at Rayagada on his bike when the officials caught him. He was having a bag containing the cash with him about which he could not account for satisfactorily. The cash was recovered from his possession and seized.
Soon after interception, during search of his rented residential house located near Mangala Mandir, Rayagada, cash amounting to Rs. 6,30,00 was also found. With this, the total cash seizure made stood at Rs 11,34,560 lakhs. Searches are being conducted at his rented residential house located near Mangala Mandir, Rayagada, his wife’s residence at Patrapada Kishor Vihar, Lane-2, PS-Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar and parental house located at- Mantriguda, PS/Dist-Nabarangpur.