Bhubaneswar, March 12 -- The anti-corruption vigilance wing of Odisha police today arrested an Odisha Administrative Officer under relevant sections of Prevention of Corruption Act for allegedly amassing enormous wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Prasanna Samantaray, Tahsildar, Kantapara in Cuttack district, was arrested by Odisha Vigilance and forwarded to the Court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Cuttack for possession of disproportionate assets (DA) to the tune of 80 per cent of his known sources of income, which he could not account for satisfactorily.
During house searches, movable and immovable assets worth crores of rupees were unearthed in the name of Samantaray and his family members.
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