Vigilance officials on Tuesday raided the office and the residences of Asit Kumar Nayak, a Senior Clerk at the office of Bhubaneswar RB Division-I on the allegation of acquisition and possession of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The raids were conducted at five places associated with Nayak, a native of Kaithpalli village under the Golanthara police limits in Ganjam district. The officials searched his office and triple-storied residential building at Dumduma, Bhubaneswar, a duplex and a plot at Pradhan Sahi in Jatni and parental house at Kaithapalli and a flat in Brahmapur of Ganjam district. The total assets of Nayak and his family members were calculated at over Rs 5.23 crore, including cash of Rs 10,62,605.
The residence and the office of Alekha Mohananda, Assistant Commercial Tax & GST Officer, Rourkela, were raided by Vigilance officials on the charge of possession of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The total assets of Mohananda and his family members were calculated as about Rs 1.35 crore.