Berhampur:
A peon working in the motor vehicle department check gate at Balarampur in Orissa-Andhra Pradesh border in Ganjam district was arrested for possessing properties worth over Rs one crore.
"Jaga Rao Reddy of Sabaradeipeta village under Jarda police station was arrested by the vigilance police yesterday on the charge of amassing properties disproportionate to his known sources of income," vigilance DSP (Paralakhemundi) S K Mishra said.
Reddy was working as the DLR peon in the check gate since 1985 and his service was renewed time to time, he said. During the raids, the vigilance sleuths have been found at least seven buildings in his village, while at least ten homestead lands in different places of Ganjam and Ichhapurma in Andhra Pradesh, sources said.
Reddy has also agriculture land measuring over 15 acres in at least 20 different places of Ganjam district in Orissa and Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh. Besides these he has also two gardens in Ichhapuram and Nalabanak in Srikakulam district in AP, they said.
The garden at Nalabanka was purchased by him at Rs 1.96 lakh, the sources said. The vigilance sleuths however found little amount of cash and bank balance on his name during the raids.
"Jaga Rao Reddy of Sabaradeipeta village under Jarda police station was arrested by the vigilance police yesterday on the charge of amassing properties disproportionate to his known sources of income," vigilance DSP (Paralakhemundi) S K Mishra said.
Reddy was working as the DLR peon in the check gate since 1985 and his service was renewed time to time, he said. During the raids, the vigilance sleuths have been found at least seven buildings in his village, while at least ten homestead lands in different places of Ganjam and Ichhapurma in Andhra Pradesh, sources said.
Reddy has also agriculture land measuring over 15 acres in at least 20 different places of Ganjam district in Orissa and Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh. Besides these he has also two gardens in Ichhapuram and Nalabanak in Srikakulam district in AP, they said.
The garden at Nalabanka was purchased by him at Rs 1.96 lakh, the sources said. The vigilance sleuths however found little amount of cash and bank balance on his name during the raids.
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