By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted raid at the residence of former IFS officer Abhaykant Pathak at Vivekananda Marg here.
1987 batch IFS officer had already been given compulsory retirement.Pathak, working as Odisha’s additional principal chief conservator of forests (Plan, Programme and Afforestation), was arrested after vigilance conducted raids at 13 places including his official residence in Bhubaneswar, his office, his apartment, the apartment of his nephew, driver’s house, his house at his native village in Khagaria, Bihar, luxury apartments and farmhouse in Pune and residence of his son’s manager at Samata Colony, Pune.
His son Abhay Pathak, who owned Mercedes, BMW and Tata Harrier brand vehicles as well as high-end bikes such as Yamaha FZS, was arrested too.
