Bhubaneswar: A senior transport department officer has been arrested by Odisha Vigilance a day after uncovering huge assets — three multi-storey buildings, three flats, 11 plots and a farmhouse — from his possession.
The vigilance officials had launched simultaneous raids on the property and office of Pradeep Kumar Mohanty at nine locations in Khurda, Nayagarh, Puri and Cuttack districts. Mohanty, who started as a junior motor vehicle inspector (MVI) in 1990, now serves as joint commissioner (road safety) in the office of the State Transport Authority (STA).
During raids, the vigilance sleuths detected three multi-storey buildings in Bhubaneswar, Puri and Khurda, two ‘benami’ flats in Puri, a farmhouse spread over 14.78 acres in Nayagarh, 11 high-value plots in Bhubaneswar, Khurda, Ranapur and Nayagarh and one agriculture land of over 11 acres, the official said.
“Similarly, gold biscuits and ornaments weighing 2.1 kg, Rs 1 crore paid for the purchase of a luxurious flat in Bhubaneswar, a bank deposit of Rs 17 lakh, two four-wheelers, and Rs 17.55 lakh in cash were also seized during the raids,” the official added.
