The Vigilance sleuths conducted raid at the houses of a headmaster of a primary school in Koira block in Sundargarh district on Wednesday on the allegation of possession of disproportionate assets. His assets of nearly Rs 1 crore were found.
The accused was Pramod Samal, headmaster in Kudamusa Primary school. The Vigilance sleuths of Sundargarh, Rourkela, Jharsuguda and Keonjhar conducted raid at four places simultaneously including his Government quarter and a new two- storey building at Rourkela, ancestral home and father-in-law’s house at Bijharpur in Jajpur district.
During the search operation, the valuation of his Shaktinagar house at Rourkela has been estimated to be Rs 40 lakh. Besides, bank deposit Rs 15 lakh, lIC policy of Rs 11 lakh, household articles of Rs 3 lakh, postal deposit of Rs 4.50 lakh, NSC deposit of Rs 1.10 lakh were found.
He also possesses two plots at Bhubaneswar, a Scorpio vehicle and a scooty.
“The investigation is on,” stated Keonjhar Vigilance DSP Harekrushna Majhi.