Acting on the allegations of acquisition of disproportionate assets by Balangir Watershed Assistant Project Director (APD) Shankirtan Bishi, Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday conducted simultaneous raids on his office room and houses at different places and detected assets worth Rs 1, 44, 08, 007 in his and his family members’ names.
The sleuths conducted searches on his residential houses at Shanti Nagar, Bhawanipatna and Rajendrapada, Balangir, paternal house at Bakti village under loisingha PS in Balangir district, father-in-law’s house at Sohela in Bargarh district and office room at Balangir on the strength of court warrants, said an official release.
Bishi had started his service career as Junior Soil Conservation Officer in 1982.
The detected assets include two-storied building in Bhawanipatna worth Rs 45, 97, 000, two-storied building in Balangir of Rs 17,25,998, five plots at Bhawanipatna and six plots in Bhubaneswar together worth Rs 16,66,000, bank and Post Office deposits of Rs 36,77,719, lIC deposits of Rs 6,53,890, household articles of Rs 6,91,748, gold and silver ornaments of Rs 7,88,652 and motor vehicles worth Rs 6,07,000.
Bishi’s bank accounts were under scrutiny and investigation was still on, said the release.