More Benami Properties, Bank Accts of Ex-Addl Sub-Collector Discovered

Bhubaneswar: Some more benami properties possessed by former Nabarangpur Additional Sub-Collector Prasanta Rout were unearthed by the vigilance officials. Rout has been arrested and booked in a DA case following the discovery of disproportionate assets worth over Rs 5 crore including cash worth over Rs 3 crore.

Following his arrest, the state government gave him compulsory retirement from his service.

The vigilance sleuths found three more plots including one at Bhadrak measuring an area of Ac. 1.15 decimal in the name of the tainted official’s spouse and 2 benami plots, one at Malipada in Bhubaneswar measuring an area of Ac. 0.16 decimal and another at Bhadrak measuring an area of Ac. 0.47 decimal.

The arrested former OAS officer was also found to have opened 6 benami accounts in the name of different persons and deposited Rs 1.12 crore.

On Monday, he was produced before court after the end of 5-day remand.

On June 24, Prasanta Rout was arrested by Odisha Vigilance for possession of DA worth Rs.5,21,09,659, which constituted 506% of his known sources of income. Cash worth Rs.3,02,30,800 (Rs 2.23 crore cash from Rout’s residence at Kanan Vihar in Bhubaneswar and Rs 77 lakh from his Nabarangpur residence) during raids on June 23.