Rs 1.28 cr more detected in bank accounts of Akash Pathak, tally at Rs 16.5 cr

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance officials have detected Rs 1.28 crore more in the bank accounts of Akash Kumar Pathak, son of suspended IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak. The two have already been arrested by the agency on charges of amassing assets worth crores disproportionate to their known sources of income.

Further cash deposits of Rs 1.28 crore have been unearthed in the bank accounts of Akash Kumar Pathak in Bhubaneswar and Pune, the Vigilance said.

With this, the total amount of deposits traced in his 3 bank accounts increased to Rs 16.05 crore, including cash deposits of Rs 10.76 crore.

Besides, bank accounts and insurance policies of Akash Kumar Pathak have been traced in Berhampur and Bolangir, which are under verification.

The Vigilance has already referred the matter related to the recovery of deposits from bank accounts of Akash Kumar Pathak to Income Tax Department and Enforcement Directorate for probe.