Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Executive Engineer Jagannath Pattnaik has been arrested for alleged possession of disproportionate assets (DA), Odisha Vigilance informed today. 

The BMC engineer will be forwarded to the Court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhubaneswar today. 

Jagannath Pattnaik was arrested based on searches conducted on his properties. During the searches, he was found in possession of disproportionate assets comprising 3 multi storeyed buildings including one at Bhubaneswar and two at Gunpur, one farm house, three high value plots at Bhubaneswar, gold 460 gms, deposits over Rs.80 lakhs, 1 four wheeler (Grand Vitara), 1 pair of antler horns, a country made gun etc, which he could not account for satisfactorily.

Further, one more case vide OR case No 3 in  Balipatna Forest Range under Khordha Wild Life Division of year 2025-26 under sec(9)(49)(51)of Wild Life Protection Act, 1972 was instituted against Pattnaik for illegal possession of antler horns.