The State Vigilance police on Tuesday took arrested IAS officer Parthasarathi Mishra on a two-day remand and began quizzing him in custody at the Vigilance headquarters here. A special court here had allowed the Vigilance to take Mishra, now placed under suspension, on the remand.
Mishra, who was upgraded to IAS from OAS last year, has been arrested on corruption charges for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Sources said that investigating police officers comprising six teams are trying to ascertain from Mishra the details of his foreign trips, acquisition of illegal assets and sources of his alleged ill-gotten money and leading a luxurious and flashy lifestyle.
The Vigilance police are also inquiring into the alleged misappropriation and irregularities relating to issuance of supply orders by him to different establishments while working as Managing Director (MD) of the Odisha Small Industries Corporation (OSIC) before his arrest.