Kalahandi: Kalahandi District Thuamul Rampur Block Kaniguma Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO) Sanyasi Nayak was arrested by the Vigilance on Friday on charges of accumulating undeclared assets. He was produced in court. However, since bail was not granted, PEO Nayak finally had to go to jail.
The Vigilance Department has found that PEO Nayak has accumulated undeclared assets worth about Rs 68 lakh 6 thousand 278. A case has been registered in this regard under (20/24). It is reported that the arrested PEO Sanyasi Nayak was taking a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a villager of the local panchayat to get a bill for a migrant worker.
At this time, he was caught by the Vigilance on May 27. The Vigilance Department arrested him at that time and produced him in court. After this incident, PEO Nayak was suspended from work by the district administration.