Motor vehicle inspector arrested for possessing

A junior motor vehicle inspector has been arrested by anti-graft vigilance wing in Bhadrak district of Odisha for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

The motor vehicle inspector, Shankar Narayan Choudhury, was arrested from the RTO office in Bhadrak on Thursday after search operations carried out in his office room and houses showed that he had amassed huge properties beyond his known income sources, a vigilance official said.

The raids were carried out in a building owned by him in Bhubaneswar, another building in Cuttack, office room at Bhadrak, rented house at Bhadrak and houses of his two relatives at Burla and Bhubaneswar on Wednesday on the basis of search warrants issued by a special court, he said.

During the exercise, Choudhury was found to have assets worth Rs 1.76 crore including buildings in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, seven homestead plots in Bhubaneswar, Rs 13,03,000 in cash, a car, a motor cycle, bank deposits, gold ornaments and costly household articles.

The amount of total assets might increase after investigations were completed, he said.

During examination, Choudhury and his spouse could not account for the possession of disproportionate assets worth Rs 1.29 crore following which a case was registered against them under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 as amended by the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act 2018, the officer said.

Choudhury was arrested and forwarded to the Court of Special Judge, Vigilance in Bhubaneswar and remanded to jail custody till November 28.