Misappropriation of Funds: Former BDO on run for 8 years nabbed from Delhi

Bhubaneswar: Vigilance sleuths on Monday nabbed former block development officer (BDO) of Narayanpatna in Koraput, Ramesh Chandra Sahoo, from Delhi.

Sahoo was on the run for eight years in connection with seven corruption cases. During the last 8 years, he kept changing locations residing in rental accommodations in Delhi and neighbouring areas. He also absconded to Jorhat, Assam, to evade arrest.

Recently, he returned to Delhi from Assam. Based on inputs, a team was stationed to pinpoint his location, after which he was nabbed, a Vigilance release said.

He is being produced in a court in Delhi and will be brought to Odisha on transit remand, it added.