Bhubaneswar (SunstarTV Bureau): Tainted Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC) official Biranchi Narayan Sahoo after been dragged under the eyes of the State Vigilance sleuths, after an interrogation more damning disclosures have been made.
The Vigilance Superintendent of Police, R Prakash, on Friday informed that around 114 admit cards of aspiring candidates were recovered from the tainted OSSC official’s residence during an official searches on July 30 this year.
After the primary investigation done by the officials, they revealed that the 107 candidates whose admit cards were found had not secured jobs in the OSSC examinations. However, a detailed investigation on the remaining seven candidates is underway to find if they were actually benefited by Sahoo.
Moreover, apart from his official duty, Sahoo is found to have been running an Insurance policy business using the name of his wife since 2009 and had sold over 900 insurance policies to various persons including a few job aspirants in last one decade, informed the Vigilance sleuth SP.
In the backdrop of allegations that Sahoo was influencing applicants to subscribe to such policies, the SP said so far names of 21 such subscribers have been traced in the list. They were candidates in various OSSC- conducted exams.
Sahoo, posted as Personal Secretary (PS) to a member in the State Government recruiting agency, was arrested a day after the Vigilance unearthed cash and property to the tune of a whopping Rs 3.51 crore following raids at his residence July 30, 2021.
He was under Vigilance scanner following allegations of amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Earlier, the Vigilance had recovered several bank slips indicating huge cash deposits, recruitment-related admit cards of applicants following searches at Sahoo’s residence in Bhubaneswar. Similarly, documents pertaining to 14 plots in Bhubaneswar, Khordha and Puri districts, gold ornaments weighing approximately 1.5 kg, insurance deposits of over Rs 56 lakh were also recovered.
