An engineer was convicted 38 years after being caught on charges of amassing properties disproportionate to his known source of income in Odisha.
Special Judge, Special Court (Vigilance), Bhubaneswar, Biswajit Das, convicted Gangadhar Sahoo, former-executive Engineer, Command Area Development Agency-I, Bhubaneswar, who was caught by Vigilance Department for the possession of disproportionate assets worth ₹4,06,220 to his known sources of income in 1984.
The judge sentenced Sahoo, now 75, to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years and to pay fine of ₹20,000 and in default of payment of fine, to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a further three months for the offence under Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947.
