Acting on allegations of amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, a team of Vigilance police raided five places belonging to Junior Engineer (JE) of ITDA, Gunupur, in Rayagada district Gagan Bihari Pati on Wednesday.
On the strength of a search warrant obtained from the court of Special Judge, Brahmapur in Misc. Case no 6/2018, the Vigilance officers conducted simultaneous searches at Pati’s three-storied building at Siddharth Nagar, Brahmapur; his father’s house at Cooperative Colony in Brahmapur; his father-in-law’s house at Routpeta Street, Brahmapur; residential quarter at Khan Sahi, Muniguda; and office room at ITDA office, Gunupur.
Around Rs 30 lakh cash stacked inside a washing machine and many gold ornaments were seized from Pati’s house during the raid, reports said.
The total value of the assets of Pati was calculated as Rs 1.61 crore so far. The inquiry was in progress.