Vigilance sleuths seized cash of Rs 1.25 lakh from Umarkote Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) Himansu Sekher Mandal of the Public Works Department at the Jeypore bus-stand in Koraput district while he was going to Brahmapur from Umarkote on Wednesday evening.
According to reports, Mandal while travelling by a bus was intercepted by Jeypore Vigilance officials and recovered the cash from his bag. He was brought to Umarkote on Thursday by the Vigilance team, which further conducted a raid on his official residence on the charge of amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income and recovered cash of Rs 30,800.
Speaking to the media, Jeypore Vigilance DSP Henry Kullu, who led the raid, said simultaneous raids were still underway on the three houses of Mandal at Brahmapur and detection of any disproportionate property was yet to be ascertained. The Vigilance police registered a case against Mandal, arrested him and forwarded him to the Vigilance Court at Jeypore.