Vigilance department has unearthed a ‘crorepati’ government engineer Pramod Kumar Mohapatra, whose disproportionate property was found to be 394 per cent of his real income.
Pramod was posted as assistant executive engineer in ‘Road & Building’ department in Paralakhemundi of Gajapai district. As per a release of the vigilance department, total immovable and movable property with him was ascertained to be worth more than Rs.1.63 crore. It included Rs.16.53 lakh in cash and ornaments of around Rs.15 lakh. Documents regarding his large scale investments in real estate were also seized.
As per vigilance officials, total income of Pramod till now since he had joined as a junior engineer in 1980, was calculated to be around Rs.40 lakh. He might have spent at least Rs.36 lakh on expenses of his own and family. His disproportionate assets have been calculated to Rs.1,57,87,171which is 394 per cent to his real income.
Interception of Pramod’s car by officials of Berhampur vigilance division at Girisola inter-State check gate on Jan 12, had led to seizure of cash worth 3,73,720 rupees. According to Berhampur vigilance Superintendent of Police (SP), Manoranjan Panda, initially Pramod had claimed that this cash had been given to him by a sub-contractor of Paralakheundi to be transferred to someone in Bhubaneswar. But investigation proved this to be false as the said sub-contractor informed that he had not provided any money to the engineer. This led to vigilance raid on triple-storeyed residential house of Pramod in Bhubaneswar on Jan 13.
