Acting on an allegation of possession of disproportionate assets, Vigilance sleuths on Monday conducted simultaneous raids on the houses of arrested Jharsuguda Reserve Office Havildar Bikram Mallick and detected assets worth `68,54,360 in his and his family members’ names.
Mallick’s residential house at Debadihi in Jharsuguda, his elder brother Pichhalu and Jadumani’s houses at Kulita, Samasingha, brother-in-law Kishore Majhi’s house at Padar in Sambalpur district were searched on the strength of search warrants issued by the court, said an official release.
The detected assets include a double-storied building at Debadihi worth `53,39,642, four homestead lands of `5,57,640, three motorcycles of `1,55,000, gold ornaments and household articles of `4,06,761, insurance deposits of `2,67,692, deposits in banks and other financial institutions of `1,05,464 and prompt cash of `21,385. Mallick was arrested on October 31in a NDPS case and now in jail custody.
Mallick had entered into Government service as a Constable on in August 1989 and was promoted to the rank of Havildar in 2009.