The New Indian Express ·
Rourkela Excise superintendent arrested with disproportionate assets worth Rs 93L
ROURKELA: The Excise superintendent of Rourkela division was arrested on Sunday on charges of possessing assets worth Rs 93 lakh, which is reportedly 100 per cent higher than his known sources of income.
The officer, Dhaneswar Barad (47), was remanded in judicial custody till September 25 after being produced before the Vigilance court in Sundargarh town. Barad was arrested with `5 lakh in alleged ill-gotten cash on Friday night, following which simultaneous raids were conducted at two locations, leading to the detection of assets allegedly disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Rourkela Vigilance SP Harekrishna Majhi said Barad had joined the Excise division in Rourkela in April and that the Vigilance department had prior information about his collection of illegal money from licensees of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) shops. Accordingly, Barad was kept under constant surveillance by the vigilance department.