Raid: 1440 Gm Gold Seized From Pradeep Panigrahi’s House
Bhubaneswar (Reporters Today Bureau): Odisha Vigilance sleuths have seized around 1440 grams of gold and a designer necklace worth Rs 24.25 lakh from the house of Gopalpur legislator Dr Pradeep Kumar Panigrahi after raid, official sources said today. “During the course of searches, 1440 gm gold and a Sabyasachi brand designer necklace worth Rs 24.25 lakh were found in the house of Dr Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy and seized. Steps are being taken for their attachment,” the Vigilance said.
Steps are also being taken for freezing of bank accounts of Pradeep and his family members. The documents found during the searches will be examined by the officers of Financial Wing of Vigilance and Professional CA and Banking Consultants, the anti-corruption agency said.
Cyber Cell of Vigilance will examine all electronic evidences/ documents found during the searches. Examination of witnesses, suspects and accused shall be carried out in due course of time. Further investigation was underway, it added. The Odisha Vigilance had yesterday carried out raids at 15 places in the state in connection with allegation against Panigrahy regarding possession of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The agency said the legislator had amassed disproportionate assets worth Rs 5.05 crore.
