Acting on an allegation of acquisition and possession of disproportionate assets, Vigilance officials on Tuesday conducted simultaneous searches on houses and office room of Ganjam district’s Kodala block Accounts Officer Parsuram Sahu and detected assets worth Rs94,93,515 in his and his family members’ names.
Sahu’s double-storied building at Bentapada in Athagarh, another such building at Chandrasekharpur in Bhubaneswar, brother’s house at Birakishorepur, father-in-law house and office chamber at Beguniapada, Kodala were searched.
The detected assets include buildings and 18 plots of Rs64,85,348, household articles and a motorcycle with Rs5,58,000, hard cash of Rs16,360, gold ornaments of Rs5,62,500 and various deposits of Rs18,71,307. Further search and investigation were still on, said an official release.