ROURKELA: He is a contractual employee with a consolidated pay of ` 2,500 but was reportedly found to be in possession of assets worth over ` 1 crore. The Vigilance on Thursday netted the ‘crorepati’ NMR (non-muster roll) employee of Transport Department in Sundargarh district. Raids on the premises of Bignesh Swain (42) unearthed immovable properties to the tune of over ` 90 lakh. Anti-corruption sleuths assessed his total assets might cross ` 1 crore. The sleuths of Sambalpur Division conducted simultaneous raids at Rourkela, Birmitrapur and Kendrapara. Vigilance SP Manoranjan Panda estimated his three-storey building at the posh Civil Township area here at ` 46 lakh, while another house at the nearby Birmitrapur Town was valued at `12 lakh. Swain also owns a market complex worth ` 18 lakh at Patamundei in Kendrapara and his parental house at Narendrapur in Kendrapara was estimated at ` 3 lakh, the SP said, adding ` 1.5 lakh was found from his three bank accounts. Swain joined the Regional Transport Office (RTO), Rourkela, as an NMR employee with a monthly remuneration of ` 1,500 in 1988. He was subsequently entitled for a monthly consolidated pay of ` 2,500. Vigilance sources said he amassed assets disproportionate to his know sources of income during his prolonged posting at the Birmitrapur Unified Check Gate. Sources said there might be more recoveries in the shape of negotiable instruments and gold ornaments stashed away in bank lockers.
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