Bhubaneswar, June 6 -- OdishaVigilance on Saturday carried out simultaneous searches at nine locations linked to Baikuntha Nath Behera, Assistant Executive Engineer of the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA), Baliguda.

The searches were carried out over allegations of possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. They were conducted in Bhubaneswar, Baripada, Dharamsala in Jajpur district and Baliguda.

According to sources, raids were launched at nine locations associated with Behera. Four of the searched premises are located in Bhubaneswar, while other locations include Baripada, Dharamsala and Baliguda.

During the searches, Vigilance officials discovered a four-storey house at Niladri Vihar in Bhubaneswar,...