Berhampur: Vigilance officers have unearthed properties worth more than Rs 7 crore of Jagannath Sethy, Executive Engineer, Rural Works (Electrical) Division, Berhampur during house searches.
The properties include three palatial buildings, 12 plots in prime area of Bhubaneswar, Jatni and Berhampur, two SUVs, three two-wheelers, bank deposits worth Rs 85 lakh and cash worth Rs 19.88 lakh.
Earlier today, the vigilance team led by one Additional SP, four DsSP, 10 Inspectors and other staffs conducted simultaneous house searches at 5 places in Khordha and Ganjam district of the Executive Engineer on allegations of acquisition of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
The vigilance officers raided Sethy’s residential four storeyed building at Gajapati Nagar, 8th Lane, Berhampur; five storeyed building located at Gajapati Nagar, 11th lane Extension, Berhampur; four storeyed building at AIIMS Nagar 3rd lane, Bhubaneswar; office of Sethy at Ambapua, Berhampur, house at his native village Puttabagada, Chhatrapur.