Vigilance officials on Thursday conducted raid on the residential house and office rooms of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation Assistant Engineer Patitapaban Pattanayak on the allegation of acquisition and possession of disproportionate assets.
The Vigilance sleuths raided his residential house at Arabinda Nagar near Arunodayanagar in Cuttack, paternal house at Nadiabarei village in Kendrapada,
father-in-law’s house at Biripata village under Mangalpur PS in Jajpur, brother-in-law’s house at Jajpur Road and office room at BMC simultaneously. During the raid, total immovable and movable assets worth Rs 1,50,14,082 were detected in the names of Pattanayak and his family members. Besides, a locker was found at the Urban Cooperative Bank in Kendrapada jointly in the names of Patitapaban Pattanayak and his wife. The account is yet to be opened and some bank accounts in the process are under verification. Pattanayak had joined as JE in Cuttack Municipality in 1990.