Vigilance officers on Wednesday conducted simultaneous searches on houses and business units of Nayagarh district’s Kandapada block Chairman Sisir Kumar Sahoo of the BJD acting in a disproportionate assets case and detected properties worth `8,27,65,215 in his and his family members’ names.
Sahoo’s residential house at Patia, business depots at Patia, Bomikhal and Tamando in Bhubaneswar, paternal house at Banamalipur in Nayagarh district and his office at the Khandapada block were searched on the strength of a search warrant issued by the court.
The detected assets included household articles worth `8.5 lakh, gold and silver ornaments of `15 lakh, bank deposits of `10 lakh, prompt cash of `5.32 lakh, motor vehicles worth `31.50 lakh, three plots worth `30 lakh, three four-storey buildings worth `2.97 crore, business sheds of `30 lakh, stocks of plywood, marbles and timbers together worth `4 crore.
Apart from these, an illegal mini sawmill is running in Sahoo’s Patia depot premises which is under further verification, an official release said.
Sahoo alleged that Kandapada MlA Anubhab Patnaik, who also belongs to the BJD, has made a conspiracy to weaken him in the party.
“The MlA has hatched a conspiracy against me as I have differences with him ever since he won in the 2014 elections,” said Sahoo.