Acting in disproportionate assets case, Vigilance officers on Tuesday conducted simultaneous raids on the office and residences of Road and Buildings Engineer-in-Chief Sukadev Meher and detected movable and immovable assets worth Rs2,84,48,873 in his and his family members’ names.
Meher’s Government residence at Kharavel Nagar, two-storied building on Siripur-Baramunda New Raod and office room at Nirman Soudha in Bhubaneswar, a double-storied building at Bijakhama and a market complex at Tusura Bazar at Balangir and paternal house at Nuapada village in Balangir district were simultaneously searched.
The detected assets include plots and buildings in Balangir and Bhubanewar totaling worth Rs1,83,88,500, bank deposits of Rs92,79,372, hard cash of Rs51,000, motor vehicles worth Rs4.30 lakh and household articles worth Rs3 lakh.
Meher, son of lokanath Meher of Nuapada villager under Balangir district’s Tusura police station, has acquired these assets during his incumbency as public servant, a Vigilance release said.
It too informed that one locker is to be opened and the search was continuing.