Acting on reliable information, Vigilance officers intercepted Bhadrak district’s Bhandari Pokhari police station IIC Amit Kumar Biswal and seized Rs 73,500 from him as he failed to account for the source of possessing the money.
Biswal was travelling from Bhandaripokhari to his residential house at Baripada by a car when the officers intercepted him at the Sergarh tollgate on NH-5 on Tuesday.
Soon after recovery of the money, Vigilance sleuths conducted simultaneous searches at his residential house in Baripada town and Government quarter at the Bhandaripokhari PS.
During searches, the sleuths detected assets worth Rs 1,13,14,667 in his and his family members’ names. The detected assets included a single storied building at Baripada of Rs 33,83,457, bank deposits of Rs
52,44,408, Insurance deposits of Rs 16,65,441, health Insurance of Rs 1,35,000, mobiles, scooty and gold ornaments together worth Rs 1,29,481, cash of Rs 83,880, including 73,500 seized during interception and household articles of Rs 6,73,000.
He was arrested and forwarded to the court on Wednesday and sent to judicial custody till December 24. Further investigation was still on, said an official release.