The Vigilance police detected assets worth 1,40,59,375 in the name of Jeypore NH Division Executive Engineer Harekrushna Panda and his family members during searches on their houses since Panda was caught carrying illegally collected money of Rs 3,89,175 in his vehicle to his house in Bhubaneswar on January 19.
Following interception, his residential house at Nilakantha Nagar in Bhubaneswar, residential Government quarter and office room at Jeypore in Koraput district were searched.
The detected assets include a flat of Rs 40,00,000, three plots of Rs 91,500, advance payment for plots of Rs 8,12,000, gold and silver ornaments of Rs 1,94,920, a car worth Rs 8,30,000, a motorcycle of Rs 52,000, bank deposits 37,00,137, insurance deposits of Rs 30,48,952, household articles of Rs 7,01,504 and hard cash of Rs 6,28,300.
Panda had been arrested and forwarded to the court on January 19 and remanded to judicial custody till February 1, 2019. Investigation was still in progress, informed an official release.