The Vigilance police which had conduct raid on Abhay Kant Pathak, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) Plan, Programme and Afforestation on the allegations of possession of disproportionate assets, carried out simultaneous searches at five places in Bhubaneswar, seven places at Mumbai and Pune in Maharashtra and one place in Bihar on Thursday.
Around 150 officers and staff from different Divisions of the Vigilance and witnesses were mobilised for the search operations and searches were conducted at his official residence, office and flat of Pathak in Bhubaneswar.
Besides, flat of his relative at Vipul Garden at Ghatikia in Bhubaneswar, house of driver at Pipili, house at native village Bishnupur in Khagaria district in Bihar, two luxury flats at Waters Apartment, and God’s Blessing Apartment and office at Pune and one farm house in the Hill Town Area in Pune hired by his son on rent, the residence of his son’s manager at Samata Colony in Pune and the house and restaurant of his son’s associate at Juhu and Mulund at Mumbai were searched.