SENIOR ASSISTANT, ZOOLOGY DEPARTMENT, UTKAL UNIVERSITY, VANI VIHAR, BHUBANESWAR ARRESTED BY VIGILANCE IN DISPROPORTIONATE ASSETS CASE.

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Cuttack,20/12/2020 ( Odisha Samachar / Dipti Ranjan Kanungo )- On the allegation of acquisition of assets disproportionate to the known sources of income by Sri Ashok Kumar Mishra, Senior Assistant, Zoology Department, Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar, his (1) double-storied residential building at Mancheswar, Bhubaneswar, (2) double-storied building at Patia, Bhubaneswar, (3) government quarter at Bhubaneswar, (4) house at native village Durgapur, PS-Salipur, Dist. Cuttack, and (5) office room at DDCE, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar, were simultaneously searched on 19.12.2020 by the officers of Vigilance, Bhubaneswar Division on the strength of Search Warrants issued by the Hon’ble Court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhubaneswar.

In course of search and inventory, Sri Ashok Kumar Mishra, Senior Assistant was found in possession of assets worth Rs.1,38,27,755/- (Rupees One Crore Thirty-eight Lakhs Twenty-seven Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-five) including one triple-storied building, two numbers of double-storied buildings including LIG house, one single-storied building, fourteen numbers of shop rooms, four numbers of plots, one motor cycle, deposits in different banks, gold and silver ornaments, cash of over 3.5 Lakhs and household articles.

After search, inventory and further enquiry, the income, expenditure and assets of Sri Mishra was calculated and he was found in possession of assets disproportionate to the known sources of income to the tune of Rs.1,33,81,977/- (Rupees One Crore Thirty-three Lakhs Eighty-one Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-seven).

                   As Sri Ashok Kumar Mishra, Senior Assistant, Zoology Department, Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar was found in possession of such huge disproportionate assets, which he could not account for satisfactorily, Bhubaneswar Vigilance P.S. Case No.40 dt.20.12.2020 was registered against Sri Mishra U/s 13(2) r/w 13(1)(b) PC Act, 1988 as amended by Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018 for detailed investigation. In course of investigation, today i.e. on 20.12.2020, Sri Mishra has been arrested and forwarded to the Court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhubaneswar. The Hon’ble Court has remanded him to jail custody till 2.1.2021.

Investigation of the case is in progress.