Basing on the allegations of acquisition of assets disproportionate to income by Odisha Lift Irrigation Corporation Assistant Engineer (Electrical) Prasanta Kumar Behera, Vigilance officers conducted raids on his office room and houses at different places and detected assets worth Rs 1,41,63,517 in his and his family members’ names.
The anti-corruption agency sleuths conducted simultaneous searches on Behera’s residential four-storied building at Khordha, house at native Chandpur village in Nayagarh district and officer room at Cuttack on the strength of search warrants issued by the Court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhubaneswar.
The detected assets include storied building fitted with an elevator worth Rs 1,09,22,653, two cars worth Rs 17,86,850, two motorbikes of Rs1,04,164, bank and insurance deposits of 5,81,375, gold and silver ornaments of Rs 1,65,000, hard cash of Rs 21,450 and household articles of Rs 5,82,025.
The inquiry was still in progress, said an official release.