Vigilance officers on Wednesday conducted raids on the residence and office of the Revenue Inspector (RI), Khirachora Revenue Circle under Remuna tehsil in Baleswar, Agasti Pattanayak on the allegation of possession of disproportionate assets.
Pattanayak’s residential house at Poruhanpada in Balasore town, house at Shrikanthapur (Neliabagh) in Balasore town, office room at Khirachora Revenue Circle office, paternal house at village Allalbindha under Bhogarai PS and father-in-law’s house at village Batagram under Bhogarai PS were simultaneously searched.
During the search, total assets of 1, 57, 76,299 were detected in possession of the Revenue Inspector and his family members by the Vigilance sleuths.
Among the detected immovable and movable assets of Pattanayak included one double storied building at Poruhunpada worth `1.03 crore, another building at Srikanthanagar worth `27 lakhs, one Hyundai Verna car worth Rs eight lakhs., one Bajaj Pulsar motorcycle worth `65,000 , one Hero Glamour motorcycle worth `56,000, cash of `5,299 , household articles worth `3.5 lakh and lIC policies premium worth `15 lakh.