The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has carried out searches at the residential premises of former additional principal chief conservator of forests of Odisha, Abhay Kant Pathak under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Pathak is a former Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officer who is facing disproportionate assets case by the state Vigilance Unit and was subsequently compulsorily retired by the Centre. During the searches, incriminating documents and a Tata Harrier car worth Rs 15 lakh has been seized, the agency said in a statement.
The ED initiated a money laundering probe on the basis of an FIR registered by the State Vigilance Cell of Odisha .