Bargarh: A Vigilance team held simultaneous raids at the office and residences of two assistant engineers Tuesday following hints they took hefty bribes and amassed huge assets. The two were Rasananda Majhi, assistant engineer of Bhawanipatna lift irrigation division and Ghanashyam Seth, assistant engineer of Rengali Canal sub-division.
The vigilance team led by DSP BK Nayak conducted searches at five places, including Majhi’s office in Narla, his residence in Bargarh and houses of his relatives at different locations. Another five teams searched Seth’s office in Rengali, his two-storied residence, houses of his in-laws and his paternal house at Chikiti in Bargarh district.
The exact assessment of the disproportionate assets unearthed in the raids will be known later, once the searches are complete, an official said.
A red-faced Seth tried to defend himself. “I have been working for 32 years and taken loans. I pay income tax regularly,” he said while rejecting the allegations. Majhi, who was also caught unawares, did the same.
