Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Monday gave compulsory retirement to Trinath Mishra, Additional Superintendent of Police (Communication), who was recently arrested by state Vigilance department for accumulating assets worth crores.
Vigilance sleuths have detected movable and immovable assets to a tune of around Rs 9 crore following searches at 11 places in Cuttack, Khurda, Jajpur and Nabarangpur districts, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) mentioned in a press communique.
A number of cars and sports bikes having similar fancy registration numbers including a BMW worth more than Rs 1 crore were seized from his possession.
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Apart from the BMW car, Mishra and his family members also owned a Hyundai Creta (worth Rs 17 lakh), a Maruti Baleno, a Chevrolet Trailblazer LTZ and GTR 250 Hyosung bike, Triumph Rocket 3 2020 and Royal Enfield Classic 500 ABS.
It is pertinent to mention here that the state government had earlier given compulsory retirement to five officials February 16, who were accused of corruption and inefficiency. With this, the government has given compulsory retirement to 152 dishonest officials, so far.
The sacked cop Mishra was arrested February 15 after he failed to satisfactorily account for the properties and assets in his possession. He was sent to judicial custody for 14 days after his bail petition was rejected by Special Vigilance Court in Cuttack February 16.
Separate teams of Vigilance sleuths earlier carried out simultaneous raids February 15 at 11 different places associated with Mishra.
House searches were initiated by 11 teams of the anti-graft agency led by three additional SPs, 10 DSPs and 13 Inspectors and other subordinate staff on the strength of warrant issued by Vigilance Special Judge, Cuttack. Searches were conducted at Mishra’s office in Tulasipur and 10 other locations of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar twin cities including Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur and Nabarangpur, a sleuth stated.
Eleven places where the raids were underway include: a Flat No-2/25 at Manorama Estates in Rasulgarh locality of Bhubaneswar, Mishra’s ancestral house located at Dabugaon village of Nabarangpur district, father-in-law late Pramod Kumar Choudhary’s residential building at Khaira village under Barchana police limits of Jajpur, a farm house named ‘Shantilata Farm House’ at Teligarh area near Khaira, ‘Shantilata Care and Nursing Home’ and medicine shop at Chandikhol Bazaar near Dhanmandal, Shantilata Transport (establishment No-1) near Shantilata Care and Nursing Home at Chandikhol, Shantilata Transport (No-2) located at Dhanmandal near Chandikhol, house of the senior cop’s driver at Daleighai village under Biridi police limits of Jagatsinghpur, a drug manufacturing unit owned by his two sons Tushar and Tarun at Mahanadi Vihar in Cuttack, office of the cop at SP (Signal), Tulasipur and government quarters at Madhupatna.
PNN