Vigilance sleuths raid IFS officer in Odisha in disproportionate assets case

Bhubaneswar, Nov 26 : Vigilance sleuths have unearthed lavish lifestyle and massive wealth accumulated by 1987 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Abhay Kant Pathak, said an official on Thursday.
The raids that started on Wednesday are still underway, the official said.
They raided the office and residences of Pathak at several places in Odisha, Mumbai, Pune in Maharashtra, Bihar and at Udaipur in Rajasthan on charges of amassing property disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Pathak is currently serving as the Additional PCCF, Plan, Programme and Afforestation in Odisha.
On the strength of search warrants issued by a Vigilance court, various teams of Vigilance carried out the raids.
During the course of house search and subsequent enquiry, till now, it has been ascertained that cash deposits of about Rs 9.4 crore have been made in the bank accounts of his son Akash, out of which about Rs 8.4 crore have been deposited at Bhubaneswar, said the official.