The Vigilance police on Friday arrested and forwarded to court Jayanti Behera, former District Social Welfare Officer, Bhadrak and at present Social Welfare Officer (SWO) (Headquarters), Women and Child Development Department, Bhubaneswar, for possession of assets disproportionate to her known sources of income.
The anti-graft agency, which conducted multiple raids on the properties of Behera on Thursday, during searches and inventory, found her in possession of disproportionate assets to the tune of 145 per cent of her known sources of income, which she could not account for satisfactorily.
Behera’s assets included two three-storied buildings and a double-storied building in Baleswar, two 3-BHK flats in Bhubaneswar, eight plots in prime areas of Baleswar, cash of Rs 2.78 lakh, more than two kg of silver ornaments and bank, postal and insurance deposits of over Rs 1.61 crore, a four-wheeler (Maruti Baleno-Altura) and two two-wheelers, gold jewellery and household articles worth over Rs 7.39 lakh.
Further investigation was in progress.