Bhubaneswar: Acting on allegations of amassing disproportionate assets (DA) by Prashanta Kumar Gantayat, Chief Civil Supplies Officer, Bhubaneswar, Odisha Vigilance sleuths on Thursday launched simultaneous searches at the properties linked to him.
The simultaneous house searches are being conducted by 8 DSPs, 5 Inspectors, and other staff of Odisha Vigilance on the strength of search warrants issued by Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhubaneswar, at the following eight places in Bhubaneswar and Ganjam districts.
- A single-storeyed building on plot No. 1485 at Pandara village in Bhubaneswar.
- A triple-storeyed building on plot No. 1484 at Pandara village in Bhubaneswar.
- An apartment located at Bhabanipur village, Berhampur-II of Neelachal Heights.
- A double-storeyed building (VIM-192) at Chandrasekharpur in Bhubaneswar.
- An apartment at Neelachal City Canal Road at Badagada in Laxmi Sagar of Bhubaneswar.
- The office chamber of Gantayat in the Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Department, Government of Odisha.
- Gantayat’s parental house at Co-operative Colony, 1st Lane, Berhampur under Baidyanathpur police limits in Ganjam district.
- His residential government quarter No. S-50 at Municipality Colony in Unit-III area of Bhubaneswar.
The searches are underway and a detailed report is awaited.
