Acting on an allegation of accumulation of disproportionate assets, Vigilance officers on Monday conducted simultaneous searches on the houses of Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) Horticulture Division’s Field Man Purusottam Baliarsingh and detected movable and immovable assets worth Rs4.44 crore in his and his family members’ names.
Baliarsingh’s residential house at Sastrinagar, Bhubaneswar and parental house at Sunakhala in Nayagarh district were searched on the strength of a search warrant, informed an official release.
The detected assets include a triple-storey building at Sastrinagar worth Rs85.65 lakh, a plot at Sastrinagar worth Rs20 lakh, bank and insurance deposits of Rs16 lakh, hard cash of Rs85,000, household articles of the 3.25 lakh, gold ornaments of Rs6 lakh, six tipers worth Rscrore, 2 JCPs (Hitachi) worth Rs90 lakh, a Scorpio van and scooter and three bikes worth together Rs13 lakh.
Baliarsingh had joined in Government service as Field Man (Class III post) in Horticulture Division, Bhubaneswar Development Authority on May 1, 1995. He is still continuing in the same post.
Further searches and investigation were in progress.