Vigilance officials on Thursday raided the office and residences of an Assistant Teacher of the BB Pal High School at Gonju under the Sadar police limits in Ganjam district on the charge of amassing properties disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Acting on reliable information, four separate Vigilance teams conducted the simultaneous raids at the places linked to the teacher Sadanand Padhi.
The Vigilance sleuths searched his chamber at the high school, ancestral house at Gonju, a three-storied building and a two-storied house in the Ankuli area of the district. The team also seized three bikes and cash of Rs 3.83 lakh from his possession. During the search so far, the Vigilance police detected assets worth about Rs 1.99 crore possessed by the teacher and his family members. Reports said Padhi has allegedly acquired the disproportionate assets mainly by running a school illegally.