Vigilance officers on Wednesday conducted simultaneous raids on Athagarh Divisional Forest Officer Sudhansu Mishra’s office room and residences at 10 places acting on a complaint of accumulating wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income.
The officers detected movable and immovable assets worth Rs5,92,93,178 during searches, which were still underway.
Mishra’s rented house at Madhupatna, Cuttack, office chamber at Athagarh, paternal house at Gadabhitar in Subarnapur district, another house at SRIT colony in the Ainthapalli area, Sambalpur, a building at Rugudipada, Balangir, apartment at the Seven Hills Sand, Puri, his another apartment near the ITER University, Bhubaneswar, his double storied building at Pandab Nagar, Bhubaneswar, father-in-law’s house at Bhawanipatna were simultaneously searched.
The detected properties include hard cash of Rs93,61,780, fixed deposits Rs2,61,97,151, SB deposits of Rs93,23,762, insurance premium deposits of Rs19,13,338, household articles of Rs3 lakh, Gold ornaments and gold coins of Rs8,26,500, silver ornaments of Rs15,000, vehicles worth Rs1.05 lakh and plots and buildings worth Rs1,12,50,647.
Mishra had joined in Government service in November 1987 as ACF(Class-II officer ) was posted at different places till April, 2007. Thereafter, he was promoted to the rank of DFO (Class-I officer) in May, 2007 and posted at Angul and Berhampur before posted at Athagarh four months back.
The search was still continuing, an official release said.
Meanwhile, Vigilance Director RP Sharma told reporters that officers have found some clues regarding Mishra’s links with the arrested Dhalsamant brothers. Further investigations are going on. He might ber arrested after investigations, he said.