On the allegation of possession of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, simultaneous house searches were launched by the Vigilance police on the properties of Surya Narayan Ray, Lecturer in Govt. Polytechnic School, Bhawanipatna, at five places in Bhubaneswar, Jharsuguda, Bhawanipatna, Kendrapada and Sundargarh on Tuesday.
Three double-storied buildings, an RCC-roof building and eight plots of land in Jharsuguda town, a four-wheeler, a two-wheeler, bank and postal deposits worth over Rs 30 lakh, insurance deposits of over Rs 41 lakh, cash and other movable and immovable properties, all totalling to more than Rs 2.45 crore, were unearthed during the searches, which were still continuing.In another such case on the day, the Vigilance police conducted searches on the properties of Dhiraya Majhi, Assistant Engineer of Kuliana block in Mayurbhanj district. Assets worth Rs 1.25 crore were detected in the possession of Majhi and his family members.