Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance has unearthed four multi-storey buildings, a three-BHK flat and 24 high-value plots during searches on properties linked to Umakant Samantaray, Assistant Director of Factories and Boilers, Sambalpur.

The searches were conducted following allegations that Samantaray possessed assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

According to the Vigilance, the properties unearthed so far are registered in the name of Samantaray and his family members. The properties include a duplex measuring around 2,900 sq ft at Nandan Vihar on Nandankanan Road in Bhubaneswar.

Investigators also found a building measuring around 2,460 sq ft near Indus College of Engineering at Barakuda near Jatani in Bhubaneswar.

In Puri district, Vigilance officials found a triple-storey building measuring around 4,000 sq ft at Tota Behera Sahi in Baliguali. Another double-storey building of around 4,000 sq ft was found at Subash Marg in Balugaon, Khordha.

A residential three-BHK flat measuring around 2,000 sq ft at Sun City Apartment in Dhankauda, Sambalpur, was also detected during the searches.

The Vigilance has so far identified 24 high-value plots linked to Samantaray and his family. These include eight plots in prime locations of Bhubaneswar and Jatani, three on the outskirts of Khordha, eight in and around Sambalpur town, three at Burla and two at Rengali.

The Vigilance Technical Wing is currently measuring and assessing the value of the buildings, flats and plots unearthed during the searches.

Officials are also ascertaining details of bank deposits and other investments held in financial instruments.

The searches are continuing, and the Vigilance said a detailed report will follow after completion of the exercise.