Bhubaneswar, Nov. 25 -- Bhubaneswar: The Vigilance department conducted simultaneous raids at 12 properties belonging to Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Abhaya Kant Pathak in Odisha and Maharashtra in connection with an on-going Disproportionate Assets (DA) case investigation, on Wednesday.

Sources said that Vigillance sleuths raided as many as five places in Bhubaneswar belonging to Pathak, who is posted as the Additional PCCF (Plan, Programme and Afforestation),Odisha in the early hours on Wednesday.

The anti-corruption agency sleuths also conducted searches at seven more properties in Mumbai and Pune belonging to the IFS officer who is facing charges of acquiring assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

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