Bhubaneswar, May 17
The Odisha Vigilance Department has arrested a senior government official, who was found possessing assets worth crores disproportionate to his known sources of income, officials said.
The accused official was identified as Asit Kumar Patra, posted as Additional Block Development Officer (ABDO) at Dharmasala block of Jajpur district.
"On May 16, Patra was arrested by Odisha Vigilance and handed over to the Court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Cuttack, for possession of Disproportionate Assets (DA) to the tune of 205 per cent of his known sources of income, which he could not account for satisfactorily," said a senior official on Friday.
A case has been registered against Patra and his spouse under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018.
The vigilance officials earlier on Thursday unearthed huge movable and immovable assets belonging to Patra and his family members during house searches at different locations linked to the accused ABDO.
The assets unearthed during searches include three multi-storeyed buildings and a shopping complex in Jajpur district, one 2-BHK flat in Cuttack city, five high valued plots, gold ornaments weighing 800 grams and bank and insurance deposits valued at Rs 70 lakh, etc.