Vigilance officers on Sunday conducted raid on the Malkangiri ITDA Junior Engineer Himansu Sekhar Panda and unearthed moveable and immovable properties to the tune of over Rs 2.01 crore.
Acting on complaints of amassing of disproportionate assets, the anti-corruption wing officials raided the house of Himansu Sekhar Panda posted as Junior Engineer of Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) here. The raids were conducted at five places simultaneously, including in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.
According to Vigilance sources, over six bank accounts, two licenced guns, 12 live bullets, gold jewellery, cash, a luxury car and a scooter were seized from Panda’s possession. Bank deposits of over Rs 90 lakh were also unearthed.
Besides, a multistoried building of Panda at CDA Sector-9 in Cuttack was also detected. Meanwhile, Panda remained off the hook of the Vigilance sleuths.
The properties included a plot in Badagada Brit colony in Bhubaneswar owned by Panda’s wife calculated at Rs 46,400, a triple storied building owned by his wife in the same locality worth Rs 18,65,700, a triple storied building in Sectior-9 in CDA Cuttack worth Rs 65,13,186, bank deposits of Rs 5 lakh, investment of Rs 87 lakh in ICICI life insurance, household articles of Rs 9,23,945, Vespa scoter, pulsar motor cycle and one Ford Dura car worth Rs 8.58 lakh, hard cash Rs 15,945, gold and sliver ornaments worth Rs 4,95,330 while the cost of one revolver and one pistol stands at Rs 2 lakh.