Vigilance finds assets worth Rs 7 cr possessed by Berhampur Executive Engineer

by Argus News

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--Acting on the allegation of possession of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income by Jagannath Sethy, Executive Engineer, Rural Works (Electrical) Division, Berhampur, Vigilance police on Wednesday conducted raids at his houses and detected assets worth over Rs 7 crore in Sethy’s and his family members’ names.

Berhampur, Mar 9: Acting on the allegation of possession of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income by Jagannath Sethy, Executive Engineer, Rural Works (Electrical) Division, Berhampur, Vigilance police on Wednesday conducted raids at his houses and detected assets worth over Rs 7 crore in Sethy’s and his family members’ names.

An official statement informed that five teams of the anti-corruption agency conducted simultaneous searches at Sethy’s houses and office room at five different places in Khordha and Ganjam districts.

Places of searches are:

1) Residential five storeyed building at Gajapati Nagar, 11th Lane Extension, Berhampur.

2) Residential four storeyed building at AIIMS Nagar, 3rd Lane, Bhubaneswar.

3) Residential four storeyed building at Gajapati Nagar, 8th Lane, Berhampur.

4) House at native village Putabagada, Chatrapur.

5) Office room at Ambapua, Berhampur.

During searches, the teams detected movable and immovable assets worth over Rs 7 crore, including a five storeyed building in Berhampur worth about Rs1.68 crore and 3 palatial buildings, 12 plots, two Suvs and three two wheelers.