Vigilance Scanner On ‘Corrupt’ Municipal Official In Odisha’s Sambalpur

Brajrajnagar: Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday raided the office and residence of the Executive Officer of Brajarajnagar Municipality, Dilip Kumar Patel, and other properties in Sambalpur district in connection with a disproportionate assets case.

Armed with search warrants issued by the Special Judge of Vigilance, Sambalpur, the anti-corruption sleuths conducted raids at six places simultaneously. These included Patel’s government quarters in Jharsuguda, his official chamber on the Jharsuguda Municipal Corporation premises, a double-storied building at his native village of Belmunda, a double-storied building at Debadihi in Jharsuguda town, a petrol pump belonging to his relative at Samasingha in Kolabira and a house of his relative at Kolabahal in Jharsuguda.

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The exact amount of disproportionate assets possessed by the accused officer will be ascertained only after the completion of search drives, sources in the Vigilance department said.

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