The sleuths of the vigilance department today detected disproportionate assets worth Rs 1 crore from Sushant Kumar Rath, a scientific assistant in the office of the executive engineer, at the minor irrigation division-1 here.
The vigilance team raided his apartment, office and some of his relatives' houses on December 27. The calculation of his different assets and expenditure during his 28-year job tenure was calculated on Tuesday, said vigilance SP(Berhampur) JN Hansdah here.
He said, while the total assets and income was calculated at Rs 1,55,43,331 and Rs 80,44,129 respectively, the expenditure incurred by him during the period was Rs 52,96,112, thus the disproportionate assets was Rs 1,27,95,251.
The income of his wife, who was running a soil testing consultancy in the town, was also included, the SP said.
The immovable assets included five flats in different apartments in his and his wife's name in Berhampur and Bhubaneswar. The value of these flats was calculated at Rs 73,86,145, the movable assets, including bank and fixed deposits was Rs 37,53,183, he said, adding during the search, the sleuths also found Rs 3,66,020 in cash.
