Archive · 25 Jul 2025
Odisha Forest Officials Raided; Cash and Gold Seized
Imagine a forest officer who had a lot more money than he should.
Investigators looked into it and found a lot of cash and gold!
They raided his house and other places connected to him, like his office and relatives' homes.
This officer, along with another one, are being investigated for having more money and property than they should, which is against the rules.
The investigators are trying to figure out how they got all this money.
Odisha Vigilance Department raided six locations linked to forest official Rama Chandra Nepak.
Authorities discovered at least Rs 1.44 crore in cash and gold during the raid.
Raids were conducted at Nepak's flat, office, ancestral house, in-laws' house, and brother's flat.
A currency-counting machine was required due to the large amount of cash.
Another forest officer was raided the previous week, with assets including land plots and gold.
- Who
- Forest officials Rama Chandra Nepak and Nityananda Nayak were raided by the Odisha Vigilance Department.
- What
- Odisha Vigilance Department conducted raids on forest officials for alleged disproportionate assets.
- When
- The raids occurred recently, with one raid on Friday and another the previous week.
- Where
- Raids were conducted in Jaipur, Bhubaneswar, and Keonjhar in Odisha.
- Why
- The raids were conducted due to suspicion of possessing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.
Government
Public
Scope
Government
Corruption within government is a serious issue.
Public
This case highlights a few corrupt officials.
- Official 1
- Rama Chandra Nepak
- Official 2
- Nityananda Nayak
- Cash recovered (Nepak)
- Rs 1.44 crore
- Gold recovered (Nepak)
- 4 gold biscuits and 16 gold coins
- Cash recovered (Nayak)
- Rs 1.55 lakh
- Nayak's assets
- 115 land plots, gold, building, vehicles