CBI seizes assets worth over 12 crore of retired railway official

 CBI seizes assets worth over 12 crores of a retired railway official

On January 3, the agency  had booked allegedly amassing disproportionate to his known sources of income

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on January 17 registered a disproportionate assets case against a retired Indian Railway Official batch 1989 officer Pramod Kumar Jena.

 The CBI seized rupees 1.57 crore in cash, 17kiloghrams of gold worth about 8.50crore, the detection of bank and postal deposits of about 2.50 crore, and papers of several immovable properties, during searches at his premises, a CBI official said.

On January 3 the agency booked the officer who retired in November last year for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

The CBI carried out searches at MR. Jena's premises in Bhubaneshwar, the official said

CBI has recovered around Rs 1.57 crores in cash and 17kg of gold worth Rs 8.5 crores from the premises of a retired railway officer's premises in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, in connection with a disproportionate assets case. He retired as principal chief commercial manager in Nov 2022. pic.twitter.com/XJKYeErAZy

— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2023