Bhubaneswar: Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday arrested Tara Prasad Mishra, former chief engineer of Roads & Building (Civil) for accumulating assets disproportionately to his known sources of income.
During the searches, vigilance officials found him to have possessed disproportionate assets including 10 high-value flats in Bhubaneswar and Jharsuguda, 7 costly plots, gold 2.555 Kg, diamond 370 gms, deposits over Rs.2.70 crore, cash Rs 6 Lakhs, two luxurious cars including a Mercedes Benz.
The searches were carried out by 12 DSPs, 12 Inspectors, 16 ASIs, and other supporting staff of the Vigilance Department on the strength of search warrants issued by Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhubaneswar.
According to a press release issued by the Vigilance Department on Monday, the searches were conducted at nine places in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, and Jharsuguda.
Mishra, however, failed to furnish a satisfactory response regarding the assets registered in his as well as his family members’ names for which the anti-graft department registered a case in this connection and arrested Mishra. He will be forwarded today to court later in the day.
