1,440 Gram Gold, Necklace Worth Rs 24 Lakh Seized by Vigilance from Gopalpur MLA's House
News 18The anti-corruption vigilance sleuths have seized 1,440 gram gold and a designer necklace worth Rs 24.25 lakh from the house of Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahy, an official said. The vigilance in a statement after 23 hours of search at Panigrahy, his relative and associates houses said: During the course of searches… 1,440 gm gold and a brand designer necklace worth Rs 24.25 lakh were found in the house of Dr Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy and seized." Documents relating to the purchase of land, jewellery, bank passbooks, credit/debit cards, laptops, mobile phones and other articles were seized during the raid carried out by SP of Vigilance Cell, two additional SPs and 17 DSPs, the official said. Ahead of the simultaneous search, the Directorate of Vigilance had conducted a secret verification of Gopalpur MLA's property last year on the allegation of accumulating assets illegally and lodged a complaint against him with the Lokayukta on December 9, 2020.