Odisha Vigilance Arrests Crorepati Civil Supplies Officer

Bhubaneswar: Chief Civil Supplies Officer, Bhubaneswar, Prashanta Kumar Gantayat, was arrested by Odisha Vigilance on Friday for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

According to a release of the vigilance department, Gantayat possesses disproportionate assets including multi-storey buildings, flats, plots, deposits worth Rs 1. 48 crore, gold weighing 536 gm, and Rs.1.21 lakh in cash.

The assets of the arrested official:

1. An under-construction triple-storey building worth around Rs 83 lakh at Pandara in Bhubaneswar
2. A double-storey building (VIM-192) at Chandrasekharpur in Bhubaneswar.
3. An apartment at Neelachal City on Canal Road, Badagada, Laxmi Sagar in Bhubaneswar.
4. Another apartment at village Bhabanipur, Berhampur-II of Neelachal Heights.
5. Five plots, three in prime areas of Bhubaneswar.
6. Gold weighing 536 grams
7. Bank, insurance deposits of over Rs 1.48 crore
8. Rs 1,21,960 in cash
9. One 4-wheeler and two 2-wheelers