Guwahati, Oct 22: In continuation of Directorate of Vigilance & Anti Corruption’s action against corruption at DTO office in Dibrugarh, search was carried out at the residence of DTO of Dibrugarh, Sanjib Hazarika, on Friday. Sources said the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption recovered Rs. 7,03,800 unaccounted cash and Rs. 87000 demonetized notes from his residence.
The Vigilance and Anti Corruption interrogated Hazarika at his residence, before taking him to SBI bank to know all the details of his bank details.
He was later taken to Dibrugarh DTO office for questioning.
On Wednesday night, the sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption raided the residence of Dibrugarh District Transport Office (DTO) junior assistant Ditimoni Gogoi, which led to the recovery of Rs. 9,30,500 in cash.
Earlier in the day, Gogoi was arrested by a team of the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption after a broker was caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs. 700 from a person allegedly on her behalf for facilitating offline payment of road tax. The broker identified as Pankaj Saikia was also arrested along with the head assistant.
The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption team on Thursday also raided the house of Pankaj Saikia located at Dibrugarh’s Tengakhat area. During the raid, several documents were seized from his residence.