Bhubaneswar, Aug 3: Odisha Vigilance on Saturday arrested Pravas Kumar Pradhan, Chief Construction Engineer of Anandpur Barrage Division in Keonjhar district on allegations of amassing disproportionate assets.
Balaswar Vigilance registered a case against Pradhan and he will be forwarded to Court today.
Based on searched conducted on properties of Pradhan, the Vigilance officials’ unearthed 85 plots, Rs 11 lakh cash, around 218 grams of gold including one gold biscuit, and one five-storied building among others.
The following assets have been unearthed in the name of Pradhan and his family members:
- One five-storied building with an area of approx. 12,500 sqft located at Jaleswar
- One newly constructed RCC roofed building with boundary wall and market complex spread over approx 5650 sqft at Gobara Ghat, Jaleswar, Balasore
- 85 plots, of which 80 plots are in Jaleswar, 4 plots are in Delanga Puri, and one plot is in Sunakania, West Bengal. The above plots were purchased by Pradhan in different years in his name as well as in the name of his family members. The total registered sale deed value comes to over Rs. 2 crores.
- Cash Rs 11,70,980
- Gold approx. 218 grams including one gold biscuit
- Bank, Postal, Insurance & other deposits are being ascertained
- One Four Wheeler (Indica) and one two-wheeler (Honda Activa)
Seven teams of Odisha Vigilance comprising 2 Addl. SP, 4 DSPs, 6 Inspectors, 7 ASIs and other supporting staff conducted the search on the strength of ‘Search Warrants’ issued by the Court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Balasore.
