The Vigilance police on Friday raided the office and residences of Phulbani Municipality Executive Officer (EO) Radhamohan Behera on the charge of acquisition and possession of property disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Separate Vigilance teams conducted the raids simultaneously at five places, including Behera’s house at Brahmapur, office and Government quarters at Phulbani and in-laws’ house at Turugudi.
In course of the raid at Behera’s Government quarters, Vigilance sleuths seized cash of Rs 16,900, gold and important documents.
The total assets of Behera and his family members were calculated at Rs 1.36 crore.
The officials also raided the house of Amresh Gouda, who works as a data entry officer at the municipality on disproportionate assets (DA) charge.