Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance on Thursday arrested Athagarh Block Development officer (BDO) Pradeep Kumar Sahu, an OAS officer, for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Two build
ings, a flat in Bhubaneswar, 3 plots, Rs 6 lakh in cash, deposits worth over Rs 47 lakh, 452 gram of gold and two four-wheelers, which he could not account for satisfactorily, were unearthed during simultaneous house searches at 8 places on Wednesday, a Vigilance release said.
Assets detected in the name of Sahu and his family members during the raids are as follows:
1) Single-storey building over plot no 444/1439 at Bhaliabadi near old police station, Khurda.
2) Another building at Rajsunakhala Sahi, Rajsunakhala, Nayagarh district.
3) A flat at Shree Enclave, Gautam Nagar, Bhubaneswar.
4) 3 plots in Khurda and Rajsunakhala, Nayagarh
5) Rs 6 lakh in cash
6) 300-gram gold jewellery and 500-gram silver ornaments
7) Two four-wheeler and four two-wheelers
The raids were carried out in Bhubaneswar, Khurda, Nayagarh, and Athagarh (Cuttack).