High drama occurred during the process of conducting a raid on Junior Engineer Sunil Kumar Padhy on Thursday on the allegation of possession of disproportionate assets as the ‘corrupt’ official allegedly fled from his residence on seeing a Vigilance team.
According to reports, Padhy, who is a Junior Engineer of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) in Bhubaneswar, went to the terrace of his house and ran away by jumping to a nearby building at Jagamara when the Vigilance team knocked at the door of his house in the morning.
The Vigilance officials, including six DSPs, three Inspectors and seven ASIs conducted simultaneous raids on properties belonging to Padhy at five places in Bhubaneswar and Ganjam to unearth assets that are disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Till the last report came in, the raids were underway at a triple-storey building at Jagamara in Bhubaneswar, a market complex at Aska in Ganjam district, a paternal house at Sunambo street, Aska, a house of his relative located at Bhanjanagar and his office chamber in Bhubaneswar.