Bhubaneswar, 22 October (H.S.): Odisha Vigilance on Thursday launched simultaneous searches at seven locations linked to Tapan Sethi, Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) in the Roads and Buildings (R&B) Sub-Division at Badachana in Jajpur district, over allegations that he had amassed assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

The searches are being conducted by Odisha Vigilance teams comprising three Additional Superintendents of Police, six Deputy Superintendents of Police, three Inspectors and other supporting staff. The operation is being carried out under search warrants issued by the Special Judge, Vigilance, Cuttack.

Sethi is posted at the R&B Sub-Division in Badachana under the Superintending Engineer, R&B Division, Charbatia, Choudwar, in Cuttack district.

The searches are underway at a three-storey building at Plot No. F/779 in Sector 7, CDA, Cuttack, and another three-storey building at Sidhamahavir in Puri. Vigilance teams are also searching a farmhouse with a simplex at Kantapada in Cuttack district and a two-storey house at Sethi’s native village of Jhinkiria under Konark police station limits in Puri district.

Other locations include his in-laws’ house at Bantunia, near Shiva Mandir in the 42 Mouza area of Cuttack, a two-storey building at Kantabada in Bhubaneswar, and his office chamber at the R&B Sub-Division in Badachana, Jajpur district.

The searches were continuing at the time of reporting. Odisha Vigilance said a further report would be issued as more details emerge.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Monalisa Panda