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In a First, Vigilance Finds 84 Acres of Land Owned by a Government Official
The New Indian Express Sambalpur
|July 01, 2025
A Vigilance raid on the joint director in the Directorate of Soil Conservation and Watershed Development, Dayanidhi Bagh, over allegations of amassing disproportionate assets (DA), has revealed that he possessed a whopping 84 acres of land and buildings worth crores.
Vigilance officials stated this is the first time they unearthed such a large land area in the name of a government official and his family members.
Bagh was earlier posted as the project director of the watershed wing in Rayagada district. In May, the anti-corruption agency arrested four officials of the watershed wing in Rayagada for allegedly misappropriating funds to the tune of ₹20 lakh. He had been under the scanner of Vigilance and was recently posted in the Soil Conservation directorate in Bhubaneswar.
This story is from the July 01, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Sambalpur.
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