Crorepati Engineer Under Vigilance Scanner Owns Rs 2.26 Cr Deposits, 36 Plots, 4 Houses

Bhubaneswar: The searches by Odisha vigilance officials at places linked to Chief Construction Engineer, Lower Suktel, Balangir, Sunil Kumar Rout, in connection with alleged possession of disproportionate assets continued on Friday.

The vigilance officials unearthed two more plots allegedly owned by Rout outside Odisha at Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. The investment and savings made by Rout have till now amounted to Rs 2.26 crore. He paid premium of Rs 1.86 crore to various Insurance companies and his bank deposits are worth Rs.40.39 lakhs. Further details of investments made in shares and other financial instruments are being verified. Enumeration of assets within the farm house at Saptasajya in Dhenkanal was carried out. This farm house on 8 acre land has a two storeyed residential building, a poultry farm with 1000 number of country chickens and ducks, a dairy with 45 numbers of cows and 25 calves.

Inventory of his lockers will be taken up on Friday.

Assets unearthed till now:

1) A triple-storey building at Niladri Vihar, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar.

2) A double-storey at Nilakantha Nagar, Nayapali, Bhubaneswar.

3) 2-BHK Flat (ground floor), Block-J, Sikhetra Bhakta Niwas, Dolamandapsahi, Puri.

4) 1-BHK Flat, Krishnadhham Apartment, VIP road, Puri.

5) 34 plots in Bhubaneswar, Puri, Cuttack and Dhenkanal; two plots in Mathura, UP.

6) 176 gms gold

7) Rs 2,34,120

8) 2 Trucks, 2 benami four-wheelers (Hyundai Creta & Mahindra Thar) & 4 two-wheelers.