Graft case: Retd IAS officer gets three years RI

A vigilance special court here today sentenced a retired IAS officer to three years rigorous imprisonment and slapped a penalty of Rs 20 lakh on him after convicting him in a 2008 disproportionate assets case.
The designated vigilance special court convicted Himsanshu Sekhar Samantaray, a former managing director of Orissa Lift Irrigation Corporation Limited, and said that in case of default in payment of the penalty, he would undergo rigorous imprisonment for 20 more months.
The court giving its verdict in a case resgistered against Samantray and his wife under various sections of Prevention of Corruption Act of 1988 and IPC, according to a vigilance department press release.

The prosecution had said Samantray was in posession of assets of Rs 80,46,133 disproportionate to his known sources of income.
A confiscation case has also been initiated in the court of the authorised officer, special court, Bhubaneswar for confiscation of Samantray's properties.