Junior engineer sentenced by vigilance court

A vigilance court in Odisha's Sambalpur district today sentenced a junior engineer to rigorous imprisonment for two years and slapped a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on him in a disproportionate asset case.
A K Das, Special Judge, Vigilance, Sambalpur, pronounced the judgement after convicting Udayanath Swain, ex-junior engineer, PWD, R&B, Badgan Section, of Sundargarh district in the case.
In default of payment of penalty, the convict will have to undergo further RI for one month.
The anti-corruption sleuths on the allegation of possession of disproportionate assets by Swain, searched his residential quarter and office at Badgaon and house at Deogarh, a vigilance statement said.

On completion of investigation, the department had submitted chargesheet against Swain for possession of disproportionate assets worth Rs 6,07,749.
Meanwhile, vigilance sleuths today caught another junior engineer Bhagaban Sahoo, RWS&S, Dasapallah Block in Nayagarh district.
Sahoo had allegedly demanded and accepted bribe of Rs 5,000 from a panchayat functionary to prepare and process the bill pending for construction of toilet under Swachha Bharat scheme.