ASSETS WORTH OVER CRORES INCLUDING 14.5 LAKH CASH UNEARTHED IN SEARCHES ON ASSISTANT ENGINEER (AE), SUNABEDA MUNICIPALITY, DIST.- KORAPUT

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Cuttack,18/2/2022 ( Odisha Samachar )- On the allegation of possession of assets disproportionate to the known sources of income, simultaneous house searches have been launched on the properties of Sri Manoj Kumar Patra, Asst. Engineer, Sunabeda Municipality, Dist.- Koraput today i.e. on 18.02.2022 at 6 places in Khordha, Gajapati, Ganjam and Koraput district i.e;

• Residential flat No.102, Block A-2, 1^st Floor Kokila Palace (Phase-1) Apartment, Pokhariput, Bhubaneswar.
• Double storeyed building at Plot No.900, Shakti Nagar, 4^th Lane, Berhampur.
• House at native place located at B.Sitapur, Paralakhemundi.
• Residential building of relative at Chandraprabha Street 2^nd Lane, Berhampur.
• Residential quarter at Sunabeda Municipality Colony, Sunabeda.
• Office chamber at Municipality office, Sunabeda.

6 teams of Odisha Vigilance led by 5 DSsP, 8 Inspectors and other staff conducted the search on the strength of Search Warrants issued by the Hon’ble Court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Jeypore.

During house searches so far, the following assets worth Crores have been unearthed in the name of Sri Manoj Kumar Patra, AE and his spouse;

• One 3 BHK flat at Pokhariput, Bhubaneswar worth about Rs.80 lakh. (Picture given below)

 Double storeyed building at Berhampur worth about Rs.50.57 lakh as per preliminary estimate. Vigilance Technical Wing will carry out detailed measurement and valuation may increase further. (Picture given below)

  1 plot in Bhubaneswar, 3 plots in Berhampur and 3 plots in Koraput.Undervaluation is suspected during r Vigilance Technical Wing to carry out detailed measurements and valuations.

• Cash Rs. 14.5 Lakh (Rs. 14 Lakh from Pokhariput Residence, Bhubaneswar and Rs. 50,000/- from Sunabeda  Residence, Koraput).
• Fixed deposits, Bank, Insurance and Postal deposits over Rs.40 lakh.
• One Hyundai Venue car worth Rs.12.88 lakh.
• 2 two-wheelers (Honda Unicorn worth Rs.1,10,000/- & TVS Jupiter worth Rs. 59,500/-).

Unearthing of more assets is likely and overall valuation is likely to increase.

Further searches are continuing.