The Vigilance police on Saturday arrested Baleswar Drainage Division Executive Engineer (EE) Basanta Kumar Panda after detecting disproportionate assets worth Rs 2, 08,81,669 to his known sources of income.
The Vigilance sleuths on Friday conducted simultaneous raids at his residential triple storied building at Bagbrundaban, Azimabad in Baleswar town, flat in Kailash Apartment in Bhubaneswar, single- storied building of relative at Sahadevkhunta in Baleswar town, single- storied building at native village Sarisha, Amarda Road in Baleswar, office room at Baleswar, office room of his wife at Sunahat, Baleswar and house of a relative at Angul.
Panda was arrested and forwarded to the Court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Baleswar and remanded to judicial custody till November 1. In another case, Vigilance officers searched houses of Benudhar Chhachhan, Head Clerk in the office of the Jharsguguda District Panchayat Officer and assessed assets worth 1,13,57,771 in his and his family members’ names.
The detected assets include a triple-storied building at Jharsuguda town worth Rs 81,91,815 and gold and silver ornaments of Rs 10,83,859.
