The Authorised Officer of the Special Court, Bhubaneswar has directed Puri Municipality’s former Executive Engineer Akhaya Kumar Mohanty to surrender movable and immovable properties worth of Rs 16,05,490, he accumulated excess to his known source of income, to the State Government.
The properties to be confiscated include one two-storied building at Balukhanda in Puri and deposits in India Post, Gramya Bank and Union Bank of India in Puri. The properties would be confiscated to the State Government free from all encumbrances.
The Special Court had on November 25, 2013 convicted Mohanty in a disproportionate assets case and sentenced him to undergo one year imprisonment besides imposing a fine of Rs 25,000. He had to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one month more in default of payment of fine, informed an official release.