ASP Mishra under Vigilance Scanner; Expensive Cars Seized

Bureau,Odishabarta

Cuttack: Odisha Vigilance conducted raids at 11 places belonging to Additional Superintendent of Police, Communication, Trinath Mishra, in Cuttack on Tuesday on the charge of accumulating assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. During the raids, the Vigilance sleuths stumbled upon a fleet of luxury cars and superbikes with the same fancy registration number worth crores of rupees.

Vigilance sources said following warrant issued by Special Judge, Vigilance, Cuttack, sleuths of the anti-corruption wing carried out simultaneous searches at an apartment at Rasulgarh in Bhubaneswar, paternal house at Dabugaon in Nabarangpur and the residential building of his in-laws at Khaira in Jajpur.

His farmhouse at Teligarh in Jajpur, Shantilata Care and Nursing Home along with a medicine shop at Dhanamandal in Chandikhol, Shantilata Transport at Chandikhol and Dhanamandal in Chandikhol, house of driver in Jagatsinghpur, a drug manufacturing unit of his sons at Mahanadi Vihar in Cuttack, office of the accused located at Tulasipur and government quarters at Madhupatna in Cuttack were also raided.

During searches at several premises belonging to the police officer, the Vigilance found documents indicating the involvement of Mishra’s son and his family members in several business ventures. Three additional SPs, 10 DSPs and 13 inspectors along with other staff have been engaged in the simultaneous raids which began at 4 am.

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