Vigilance sleuths conducted simultaneous raids on houses of Revenue Department Assistant Collector Golaka Bihari Mangaraj at three places on charges of amassing properties disproportionate to his known sources of income on Thursday.
According to Rourkela Vigilance DSP Purusottam sethy, the Vigilance sleuths conducted raids on Mangaraj’s residence at Basanti Nagar in the city.
Besides, raids were conducted on his ancestral house at Banapur in Khordiha district and his in-laws’ house at Mayurajhalia in Nayagarh district, said Sethy.
From Rourkela residence, the officers detected properties worth lakhs of rupees, which included the building at Basanti Nagar of `38 lakh, a car, a mini truck and two motorcycles together worth `10.66 lakh, insurance and bank deposits of `10 lakh.
The final detection of properties would be known only after assessment of properties at three places is completed, said Sethy.
Mangaraj is currently working in the Revenue Department at the State Secretariat in Bhubaneswar. Earlier he was serving as an RI in the Rourkela ADM Office and was an association leader.