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Berhampur: The Vigilance department on Thursday stumbled upon six more bank accounts of suspended IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak in Berhampur.
The development assumes much significance as the anti-corruption wing had found evidence of another Rs 5.29 crore cash deposited in the accounts of Akash, the son of senior IFS officer on Tuesday.
More skeletons are likely to tumble out from the closet as the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Vigilance department has intensified its probe into the disproportionate assets case registered against Abhay Pathak.
Sources said that the branch managers of six banks in Berhampur have been asked to submit a detailed report on the financial transactions in these accounts registered in the name of Abhay Pathak.
It is pertinent to mention here that Pathak was posted as DFO in Berhampur for a period of three years from 2004.
“We are also conducting a detail verification of the savings/ deposits in postal departments,” said Vigilance Additional SP, Shantanu Padhi.
According to Padhi, already requisition was made at the DFO and Forest corporation office where Pathak was posted in the past. We have received several documents from the DFO office and only after a detailed examination, we will decide on our next course of action, he added.
On reports that there were some financial transactions between Pathak and Pradeep Panigrahi, who was recently expelled by the BJD over 'anti-people activities', the Vigilance department said that appropriate investigation will be taken up if they come across any credible evidence.
“We are mainly focusing on the financial transactions of Pathak and his family members. If we come across any information or details of transaction or links with any other person, it will be duly probed,” Padhi added.
