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Hans India
3 days ago
- Hans India
‘Crorepati' engineer held on retirement day
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance arrested chief engineer Baikuntha Nath Sarangi on the last day of his service on Saturday for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. He was arrested a day after Rs 2.56 crore in cash was recovered and several immovable assets were detected during search operations on his premises. Sarangi was scheduled to retire on May 31 after 34 years of service in the State government as an engineer in Rural Works department. The Vigilance team had raided seven places linked to Sarangi on Friday. When the Vigilance sleuths reached his residence in Bhubaneswar, he had attempted to dispose of bundles of Rs 500 notes by throwing them out of the window of his flat. Apart from Rs 2.56 crore cash, the engineer was found in possession of two multi-storeyed buildings, two flats, seven high-value plots, bank deposits worth Rs 1.5 crore.
United News of India
3 days ago
- United News of India
Odisha Vigilance arrests chief engineer in assets case
Bhubaneswar, May 31 (UNI) Odisha Vigilance Department officials on Saturday arrested Baikuntha Nath Sarangi, chief engineer, Plan Roads, RW Department, in a disproportionate assets (DA) case. Vigilance sources said he will be forwarded to the court of special judge, Vigilance Anugul. Sarangi was found in possession of assets, including over Rs 2.56 crore in cash, two multi-storeyed buildings, two flats, 7 high-value plots in Bhubaneswar, Anugul and Pipili, bank deposits of Rs 1.5 crore, investments in shares, mutual funds, and insurance Rs 2.7 crore, gold over 1.141 kg,15 imported costly watches during house searches by the sleuths of Vigilance Department on Friday. Vigilance sources said the total movable and immovable property of Sarangi unearthed is likely to exceed Rs 13 crore. He was arrested as he could not satisfactorily account for the assets. The investigation is continuing. UNI BD PRS
Time of India
3 days ago
- Time of India
Odisha govt engineer held on retirement day for amassing assets, disproportionate to income
An Odisha government engineer was arrested on the last day of his service on Saturday for allegedly amassing assets, disproportionate to his income, the state vigilance said. He was apprehended a day after Rs 2.56 crore in cash was recovered and several immovable assets were detected during search operations on the premises linked to the engineer, an official said. "Vigilance sleuths arrested Baikuntha Nath Sarangi , Chief Engineer, Plan Roads, RW (Rural Works) Department," he said. Sarangi, who was scheduled to retire from 34 years of service in the state government as an engineer on May 31, was booked under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 , the official said. The engineer would be produced before the Court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Angul, he said. Live Events The anti-corruption wing of the Odisha Police raided seven places linked to Sarangi on Friday. When a team of vigilance sleuths reached his residence, he had attempted to dispose of the bundles of Rs 500 notes by throwing them out of the window of his flat in Bhubaneswar, the official said. The engineer was found in possession of assets, including over Rs 2.56 crore in cash, two multi-storeyed buildings, two flats, seven high-value plots, bank deposits worth Rs 1.5 crore, investment in shares, mutual fund and insurance worth Rs 2.7 crore, gold of over 1.141 kilograms, 15 imported wrist watches and others. "These assets are disproportionate to his known source of income as he could not produce satisfactory documents to prove the source of cash and valuables," an official said, adding that the investigation is underway. The cash recovery from Sarangi's places was considered the third biggest seizure by the Odisha Vigilance . The highest cash seizure of Rs 3.41 crore was made from the house of a former assistant engineer of the minor irrigation division in Ganjam district in 2022. Over Rs 3.12 crore was recovered from the house of a former additional sub-collector, Nabarangpur, in 2023, sources in the vigilance said.
Hindustan Times
3 days ago
- Hindustan Times
Odisha govt engineer held on retirement day for amassing assets, disproportionate to income
Bhubaneswar, An Odisha government engineer was arrested on the last day of his service on Saturday for allegedly amassing assets, disproportionate to his income, the state vigilance said. He was apprehended a day after ₹2.56 crore in cash was recovered and several immovable assets were detected during search operations on the premises linked to the engineer, an official said. "Vigilance sleuths arrested Baikuntha Nath Sarangi, Chief Engineer, Plan Roads, RW Department," he said. Sarangi, who was scheduled to retire from 34 years of service in the state government as an engineer on May 31, was booked under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, the official said. The engineer would be produced before the Court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Angul, he said. The anti-corruption wing of the Odisha Police raided seven places linked to Sarangi on Friday. When a team of vigilance sleuths reached his residence, he had attempted to dispose of the bundles of ₹500 notes by throwing them out of the window of his flat in Bhubaneswar, the official said. The engineer was found in possession of assets, including over ₹2.56 crore in cash, two multi-storeyed buildings, two flats, seven high-value plots, bank deposits worth ₹1.5 crore, investment in shares, mutual fund and insurance worth ₹2.7 crore, gold of over 1.141 kilograms, 15 imported wrist watches and others. "These assets are disproportionate to his known source of income as he could not produce satisfactory documents to prove the source of cash and valuables,' an official said, adding that the investigation is underway. The cash recovery from Sarangi's places was considered the third biggest seizure by the Odisha Vigilance. The highest cash seizure of ₹3.41 crore was made from the house of a former assistant engineer of the minor irrigation division in Ganjam district in 2022. Over ₹3.12 crore was recovered from the house of a former additional sub-collector, Nabarangpur, in 2023, sources in the vigilance said.
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Business Standard
4 days ago
- Business Standard
Raining cash: Engineer throws bundles from window during raid, ₹2 cr seized
Odisha Vigilance officials have recovered over ₹2 crore in cash and other valuable assets from the residence of a government engineer, suspecting them to be disproportionate to his known sources of income, PTI reported. VIDEO | Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance conducts raid on the properties of Chief Engineer Baikuntha Nath Sarangi, recovers Rs 2.1 crore cash. (Source: Third Party) #Odisha — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) May 30, 2025 The anti-corruption wing of the Odisha Police on Friday carried out the raids at multiple locations linked to Baikuntha Nath Sarangi, chief engineer (plan roads), RW Division, Bhubaneswar, over allegations of amassing assets disproportionate to his income, according to the report. Simultaneous searches took place at Sarangi's office, his two-storey house in Karadagadia (Angul), and flats in Bhubaneswar and Siula in Puri district. Vigilance officials also searched his ancestral home and properties belonging to his relatives in Angul. In a separate case of financial misconduct in Odisha, Chintan Raghuvanshi, a deputy director of the ED, was caught red-handed accepting ₹20 lakh from Ratikanta Rout, a Bhubaneswar-based stone-mining businessman. Officials said the amount was part of a larger ₹2 crore bribe allegedly demanded in exchange for relief in an ongoing case against Rout. Some reports indicate the total bribe demand may have gone as high as ₹5 crore, with initial instalments pegged between ₹20 lakh and ₹50 lakh.
