The Vigilance Special Court, Bhubaneswar has passed an order to confiscate movable and immovable properties worth Rs7,46,361 of former Phulbani PHD Executive Engineer Sarat Kumar Mohapatra which were found amassed by him in excess to his known source of income.
The properties include a three-storey building at Gandhi Nagar, Brahmapur, gold ornaments weighing 1,772.3 grams and cash of Rs16,473.
Court Authorised Officer Sarat Kumar Dehury passed the final order relating to a case registered against Mohapatra in 1990 on the allegation of possession of disproportionate assets. Mohaparas houses in Brahmapur and official residents at Bhanjanagar and Phulbani had been searched in Agugust 1990.
After completion of investigation, chargesheets had been filed in May 1994 for possession of disproportionate assets amounting to Rs7,82,474. The court had convicted Mohapatra on April 20, 2015.
The present value of the triple-storey building at Gandhinagar would be more than Rs1 crore, informed an official release.