Highest cash seizure by Odisha Vigilance: Asst Engineer arrested in DA case

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance today arrested Kartikeswar Roul, Assistant Engineer, Minor Irrigation, Bhanjanagar, Ganjam for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

He was forwarded to the Court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhubaneswar after the arrest.

Yesterday on the second day of house search, Rs 2.50 crore cash was seized from the house of Roul and his wife in Bhubaneswar. This was the highest cash seizure in the history of the anti-corruption agency.

On the first day of search on April 6, Rs 2,50,880 cash was recovered. With this, the total amount of cash seizure stood at Rs 2,03,00,880.

Previously, assets worth over Rs 2.76 crore, including 2 flats and one double storeyed building in Bhubaneswar, bank and insurance deposits worth around Rs 37.23 lakh, 7 plots including 2 plots in prime areas in Bhubaneswar etc., were unearthed by the Vigilance.

Total value of his assets reached Rs 4.76 crore, which may increase further, said Vigilance.