Bhubaneswar: Acting on disproportionate assets allegations, Vigilance police on Wednesday conducted simultaneous searches in the houses and office room of State Deputy Drugs Controller Hrusikesh Mahapatra and detected properties worth RS1,40,63,063 in his name and names of his family members.
Mahapatra’s double-storied building at Shakti Nagar, Bargarh, triple-storied building at Nayapali Brit Colony, Bhubaneswar, flat in the Nalini Enclave at Surya Nagar, Bhubaneswar, office room at Bhubaneswar and house of Harapriya Mallick, Drug Inspector, Jajpur, were searched on the strength of a search warrant issued by a court, an official release said.
The assets detected so far include hard cash of RS2lakh, gold ornaments worth RS7,88,747, bank deposits of RS51,70,659, household articles worth RS8,12,150 and buildings and lands worth RS59,55,160.
The search was still on.