Enforcement Directorate raids former IFoS officer in Odisha; seizes ₹15L SUV
The Hindu
The IFoS officer of the 1987 batch was last posted as the additional principal chief conservator of forests in Odisha.
The Enforcement Directorate has conducted raids against a former Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officer of Odisha in a money-laundering investigation against him, linked to an alleged disproportionate assets case, it said on Wednesday.
The agency said an SUV, a Tata Harrier model, worth ₹15 lakh and “incriminating documents” were seized during the searches on the residential premises of the officer, Abhay Kant Pathak.
The action was taken under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), it said.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists