Subarnapur, Nov 21: The Odisha Vigilance department on Thursday arrested Suresh Kumar Panigrahi, a Civil Supplies Officer (CSO) in Subarnapur district, on charges of amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, officials said.

According to official sources, CSO Panigrahi was arrested a day after the Vigilance officials unearthed undisclosed properties worth crores of rupees during house searches at different places associated with the accused official.

Acting on a tip-off, vigilance sleuths on Wednesday conducted simultaneous raids at the office and properties of CSO Panigrah in 11 places in Khordha (Bhubaneswar), Balangir, Sonepur, and Bargarh districts, the vigilance department said in a statement.

During the raid, assets including two buildings, a farmhouse spread over four acres of land, 19 plots, deposits over Rs 1.72 crore and Rs 1.49 lakh in cash were found, it said.

When asked about the source of accumulating the properties, he could not give any satisfactory explanation, the statement said.

Following the raid, the anti-corruption wing of the Odisha government registered a case against Panigrahi and arrested him on Thursday, it added.

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