Vigilance has raided the house of engineer Satyanarayan Panigrahi situated at Dhumabhata road of Patnagarh. The vigilance department received complaint that Er Panigrahi has accumulated asset more than his income. Er Panigrahi is working in the office of lift irrigation Tushura, Balangir as junior engineer. Five team of vigilance from Balangir, Sonepur, Bargarh, Sundergarh, and Jharsuguda raided two different houses of his younger brothers, his father in law house at Barpalipara of Balangir and his office at Tushura has been raided at a time.
The raid started from morning of Monday to 4 pm in the afternoon. The inspection has not yet over but from the primary estimate assets of 1 crore 15 lakh and 19 thousands have been found. The team has found his present double floured building, another old house at Patnagarh, and including 39 plots in town area and estimated 75 lakh assets as lands. Costly furniture, electrical goods, and a motor bike have been estimated around 4 lakhs. He has deposits of 7 lakhs in different banks. He has total insurance policies of around 18 lakh. The team found jewellery and gold of around 10 lakh and 69 thousand cash.
As per the source, from the primary inspection the vigilance team has found asset of more than 1 crore 15 lakh. Next the team will inspect his bank locker, and other places to find out his total assets. The vigilance team is headed by Vigilance DSP Abhiram Kar. DsP kar is supported by Sonepur DSP, Laxman Jal, Bargarh DSP, Rabinarayan Patra, RK Sai, SK Mahapatra, and others.
When Er Panigrahi was contacted he says, the raid is baseless as he is a income tax payer.