Kartikeswar Raul, Assistant Engineer, office of Executive Engineer, Minor Irrigation, Bhanjanagar, Ganjam, was arrested and forwarded to the Court of Special Judge Vigilance, Bhubaneswar for possession of disproportionate assets (DA) worth Rs 5,00,82,794, which he could not account for satisfactorily.
The court remanded him to jail custody till April 21.
On the allegation of possession of assets disproportionate to the known sources of income, the Vigilance had conducted simultaneous house searches at 6 places in Khordha and Ganjam district on April 6. Raul was arrested on April 7 and forwarded to court on April 8.
During house searches, highest cash seizure in the history of Odisha Vigilance of Rs 2,00,50,000 had been made from Raul. Besides, he possessed several buildings and flats, apart from plots of land in Bhubaneswar and Khalikote. After the search he was found in possession of disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 5,00,82,794 which constituted 741% of his known sources of income.