Bhubaneswar: Additional SP (communication) Trinath Mishra was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
He was produced in the Court of Special Judge Vigilance, Cuttack, which sent him to judicial custody till February 28. The hearing on his bail plea will be held on February 21.
It was the love for luxurious vehicles, including a luxurious crossover sports utility vehicle worth Rs 1.11 crore, with fancy registration plates ending with ‘0005’ that set him and his family apart from the other state government officials caught recently,
Fleet of cars, superbikes
* BMW X7 worth Rs 1.11 crore (OD-05AV-0005)
* Hyundai Creta worth Rs 17 lakh (OD-05X-0005)
* Maruti Baleno (OD-05R-9005)
* Chevrolet Trailblazer LTZ (OD-05S-0005)
* GTR 250 Hyosung bike worth Rs.5.3 lakh (OD-05M-0005)
* Royal Enfield Classic 500 ABS worth Rs 1.75 lakh (OD-05AX-0005)
* Triumph Rocket 3 R worth Rs 20 lakh (OD-05AZ-0005)
All the vehicles were found in the officer’s apartment in Manorama Estate at Rasulgarh here.
Besides a 3-bedroom flat and 3 plots in Bhubaneswar, a farmhouse in Jajpur and other assets worth over Rs 8.5 crore, which is 489 per cent of his known sources of income, were unearthed by vigilance sleuths during simultaneous raids at 11 places on Tuesday.
Besides, Rs 3.5 lakh has been seized from the Addl. SP.
Briefing the media, Director Vigilance Y.K. Jethwa said, “31 cases have been registered under the PC (Amendment) Act, 2018, in 2022 so far. Among them, 23 are government employees and four Class 1 officers.”
Mumbai: Television actress Hina Khan, who is battling breast cancer, recently met host Salman Khan…
Mumbai: Following reports of his alleged link-up with bassist Mohini Dey, renowned music composer AR…
Mumbai: The love story of actors Tamannaah Bhatia and Vijay Varma has not been clandestine.…
Puri: Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has received the report of the Ratna Bhandar’s GPR-GPS…
With his debut novel ‘The Other Side of the Rainbow’ published recently, Niranjan Nayak, an…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha outplayed Chhattisgarh 4-1 on Saturday to seal a berth in the final round…
Mumbai: The Telangana government’s notice barring him from singing songs promoting alcohol and drugs at…
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the ‘Odisha Parba 2024’ programme on Sunday…