Vigilance officers on Tuesday conducted simultaneous searches in the houses and office room of Malkangiri MVI Das Pravas Kumar Bagla on the strength of a disproportionate assets search warrant against him.
The officers detected movable and immovable assets worth Rs1,77,20,351 in his and his family members' names.
His triple storied building at Sastri Nagar and father-in-law's house at Nayapalli in Bhubaneswar, double storied building at Prachi Nagar, Aradi Road in Bhadrak, office room at RTO Office at Malkangiri and a hotel room taken on rent at Malkangiri were searched.
The detected assets include buildings and plots worth Rs1,40,86,000, cash in hand and bank balance together of Rs6,94,101 and motor vehicles worth Rs16 lakh, gold ornaments worth Rs6 lakh and household articles worth Rs 6 lakh.
The search was still continuing, an official release said.
It said Bagla had joined as Junior MVI in 2003 and worked at Sohela Unified Check-gate and Girisola Unified Check-gate, and after promotion as MVI, he is working in Malkangiri District.
He has accumulated the assets in just 12 years of service, added the release.