Bhubaneswar Block JE Arrested As Vigilance Detects Over Rs 1 Crore Assets In His Possession

Bhubaneswar: Subhendu Pradhan, Junior Engineer on the workplace of Block Development Officer (BDO) in Bhubaneswar, has been arrested by the Vigilance on Thursday on fees of acquisition of disproportionate belongings. The anti-corruption wing has unearthed ‘ill-gotten’ property value round Rs 1.76 crore, which exceeds all his recognized sources of revenue by virtually 250 per cent, experiences claimed.
Based on search warrants issued following allegations of possession of DA, Vigilance sleuths yesterday performed simultaneous raids at Pradhan’s triple-storied constructing at Dumduma in Bhubaneswar, his home at native village Srichandanpur beneath Kakatpur PS in Puri, and workplace at Bhubaneswar.
In course of search and stock, the JE was present in unlawful possession of belongings value Rs 1.76 crore which embody one triple-storied constructing, one flat, one single-storied constructing, one condo, eleven plots, a four-wheeler, 2 two-wheelers, deposits in several banks, gold and silver ornaments, money and family articles.
During the home search, the movable and immovable belongings unearthed from the possession of Pradhan and his relations embody one triple-storied constructing at Dumduma (Rs 16.44 lakh), one flat at Palasuni, Bhubaneswar (Rs 29.21 lakh), one condo at Kantilo, Jatni (Rs 20.35 lakh), one single-storied constructing at Srichandanpur (Rs 10.71 lakh), and eleven plots at Bhubaneswar and Kakatpur, the worth of which is estimated round Rs 12.06 lakh.
His unlawful belongings additional embody a four-wheeler (Rs 12.6 lakh), two bikes, advance paid for the acquisition of land (Rs 2.89 lakh), deposit in several banks amounting to Rs 2.01 lakh, gold and silver ornaments value Rs 74,200, and family articles of Rs 12.44 lakh.
In one other growth, the forest wing of Sambalpur Vigilance division performed a joint forest raid at an unlawful sawmill at Cheruapada beneath Khetrajpur police limits. During the raid, sawmill equipment and equipment together with 15 Cft. timber value Rs 90,000 had been detected and seized. A case has been registered on the Town Range, Sambalpur Forest Division for additional authorized motion.