The Vigilance police have unearthed properties worth crores of rupees in possession of Santosh Kumar Das, Assistant Engineer in the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) office at Baripada in Mayurbhanj district, in multiple raids carried out on Thursday.
During the searches, the Vigilance officials recovered a total of Rs 41.77 lakh cash which is the highest ever cash recovery from a Government servant in the State, so far.
Raids were carried out at as many as 11 locations including Bhubaneswar, Baleswar and Mayurbhanj of Das.
During searches that were conducted till Thursday night, a total of Rs 41.77 lakh cash and 659 grams gold ornaments were recovered so far.
During the searches in Bhubaneswar a four-storied building at Badagada Brit Colony, one flat at Sailashree Vihar and a semi-finished building at Kalinga Vihar were found. A four-storied building and three plots were detected at Baleswar, one four-wheeler and three two-wheelers were found in Das’ possession.
Meanwhile, a Vigilance team has brought Das to his Badagada Britt Colony residence in the capital city, which was being searched.
