Acting on an allegation of possession of disproportionate assets, Vigilance sleuths conducted simultaneous searches in the houses and office room of Swapneswar Senapati, Assistant Engineer of the Koraput GED Sub-Division, on Thursday and found assets worth Rs72,73,782 in his and family members’ names.
Senapati’s house at Kuha village under the Air Field police station in Bhubaneswar, office room and official residence at Koraput, father-in-law’s house at Damantira village in Puri district’s Nimapada area were searched. Vigilance police found that Senapati belongs to a lower middle class family of Kuha village. He had been promoted from Junior Engineer rank to the rank of Assistant Engineer in the year 2013 and continuing in the post since then.
The unearthed assets include a triple storied building at Kuha worth Rs40 lakh, five plots in the village worth Rs5.92 lakh, household articles worth Rs4.33 lakh and gold ornaments worth Rs2.50 lakh.
The search operations are still on and more assets are likely to be unearthed. The total value of his assets might rise to Rs1 crore, said a vigilance release.