Basing on the allegation of possession of disproportionate assets by Bhawanipatna North Division DFO lalitendu Jena, Vigilance sleuths conducted simultaneous raids on his office and houses at different places and detected assets worth Rs 2, 58, 93, 473 in his and his family members’ names.
Jena’s residential house at Gajapati Nagar, Bhubaneswar, paternal house at Jhanjir Mangala, Cuttack, father-in-law’s house at Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar and office and Government quarter at Bhawanipatna, Kalahandi were searched on the strength of search warrants issued by the Bhawanipatna Special Vigilance Court.
Jena had joined as Assistant Conservator of Forrest in 1989.
The detected assets include triple-storied building at Gajapati Navar of Rs 92,00,000, a plot at Samantarapur of Rs 7,00,000, a car of Rs 5,00,000, household articles worth Rs 6,25,113, deposits of Rs 1,32,000, gold ornaments of Rs 14,80,000, scooter of Rs 45,000 and hard cash of Rs 1,43,360.