In a First, Vigilance Finds 84 Acres of Land Owned by a Government Official

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.

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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.