Asst Engineer in Odisha Vigilance net over DA

Sundargarh: Odisha Vigilance officials today raided multiple places in connection with allegation against Narayan Pradhan, Assistant Engineer, Public Health Department, Sundargarh regarding possession of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

According to reports, a 40-member team of the anti-corruption agency conducted simultaneous searches at six places– Narayan Pradhan’s residential government quarter in Sundargarh, farm and farmhouse located at Kendughat village under Reamal police limits in Deogarh district, native place at Tabada village under Reamal police limits, residential house of relative at Deogarh town, relative’s house in Angul, and office chamber at Luhuradhipa, Sundargarh.

Preliminary raids revealed that Pradhan possesses a farmland of 16 acres in Kendughat, plot worth Rs 25 lakh in Sambalpur, and multiple plots in Jatani and Deogarh, an official said.

Till last reports came in, the raids were underway and calculation of total value of his movable and immovable properties was yet to be completed.