On the allegation of possessing disproportionate assets to his known source of income, ex-superintendent of Jharpada jail, Satya Prakash Swain, is coming under Odisha’s vigilance radar. On Friday, officials began raids on him.
According to a source, a team of 12 DSPs, 11 inspectors and other supporting staff began raids on 7 private properties and government quarters. Special Judge Vigilance, Bhubaneswar, issues a search warrant because of the allegations. On the strength of that warrant, the vigilance team is conducting simultaneous house searches at 7 places in Bhubaneswar, Keonjhar and Bhadrak.
Here is the list of 7 properties where house searches are currently going on.
- Native village Narsinghpur, Dhusuri, Bhadrak.
- Govt. quarters at Special Jail Colony, Jharpada, Laxmisagar, Bhubaneswar.
- Govt. quarters inside Jail campus, Keonjhar
- Office room at Keonjhar.
- Parental house at Siddhi Vihar, Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar.
- Residential house at Govindprasad, Laxmisagar, Bhubaneswar.
- House of relative at Jharpada, Laxmisagar, Bhubaneswar.
About Satya Prakash Swain:
Satya Prakash Swain was transferred to Keonjhar district jail as jail superintendent by order of the home department, Govt. Of Odisha on 5th May 2024. Before this, he was the superintendent of Jharpada Special Jail. According to a source, the allegations point him out for giving illegal benefits to the inhabitants of Jharpada special jail by taking bribes from them.
To give you a context, Jharpada Special Jail has always been on doubt radar. Before Satya Prakash Swain, Saroj Biswal was the jail superintendent of Jharpada special jail. Because of administrative complaints, Saroj Biswal was transferred from Jharpada jail to DG headquarters in November 2021. At that time, Mr Swain was given the responsibility of Jharpada jail. He was transferred from Chaudwar Jail. In a short span, a lot of transfers were happening from Jharpada special jail, making it a doubtful place.
Raids on Satya Prakash Swain
As mentioned earlier, based on disproportionate assets to his income, Odisha Vigilance launched simultaneous raids at 7 places on Mr Swain. The vigilance team is thoroughly investigating his files, office diaries, laptops, pen drives etc. According to a source, the vigilance team has seized four passports, more than ten luxury watches and a lot of gold jewellery.
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