Bhubaneswar: The Vigilance Department Thursday arrested a junior manager of the state-run Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco) after detecting disproportionate assets (DA), including a palatial house worth over Rs 3.22 crore, in his possession. The arrested person, Bijay Kumar Udaysingh, was a junior manager (Civil) in Bhubaneswar Construction Division-II of Idco, the Vigilance department said in a statement. Apart from the four-storey building in Bhubaneswar, he was found in possession of DA, including a fl at, three high-value plots in the City and Khurda, deposits over Rs 55.5 lakh, and Rs 4.5 lakh in cash, which he could not explain satisfactorily, it said. Besides, one four-wheeler and three two-wheelers along with gold and household articles worth Rs 29 lakh was also found in his possession, the statement said.
The anti-corruption sleuths raided six places, including Udaysingh’s house in Bhubaneswar, a flat in Balukhand, his parental house and a crusher unit at Mundamba village in Jankia, the house of a relative in Samantarapur and his chamber in Idco office here Wednesday and unearthed the assets. In this connection, the Bhubaneswar unit of Vigilance Department registered a corruption case.