On the allegation of acquisition and possession of disproportionate assets by Assistant Agricultural Engineer Gouri Sankar Sahoo, of the Executive Engineer office, Command Area Development (CAD) Division, Bhadrak, the Vigilance sleuths on June 21 raided his office and houses and found assets worth over Rs1 crore.
Searches were conducted at his residential building at Tulasichoura, Baripada Town, paternal huse at Mohammad Nagar, Patna, father-in-law’s house at Puruna Baripada, Khunta, Mayurbhanj besides office room at Bhadrak by the officers of Vigilance, Baleswar Division on the strength of search warrant issued by court. The total asset of Sahoo detected was calculated at Rs1, 02, 04,187.
Sahoo had joined in Government service on July 28, 1995 as Assistant Agriculture Engineer.
In another similar case, Dhamnagar-based Plant Protection Officer (Agriculture Department) Umesh Chandra Sahoo’s residential building at Baral Pokhari, Charampa, Bhadrak, paternal house at Maitapur, Simulia, Baleswar, office room at Dhamnagar, were simultaneously searched by the Balswar Vigilance sleuths and detected his assets Rs1,01,97,890.
He had joined in Government service on September 1, 1984 as Junior Agriculture Officer and had been promoted to the rank of Assistant Agriculture Officer subsequently.