When RAID fell, Chief Engineer started throwing a bag of notes from the window, cash recovered in crores
Cash worth crores of rupees recovered.
Constant action is being taken against corruption in Odisha. In this sequence, the Vigilance Department raided the residence of Baikunth Nath Sarangi, Chief Engineer of RW Department. During this raid, cash worth ₹ 2.1 crore has been recovered so far. There is still a search. The Vigilance team raided 7 locations including Bhubaneswar, Angul and Pipili in Odisha. This action was taken under allegations of corruption and having disproportionate assets. The raid consisted of 8 DSPs, 12 inspectors, 6 ASIs and other officials.
500 rupees bundles thrown from the window
Explain that during the raid, ₹ 1 crore cash was received from the flat present in the PDN Exotica apartment of Bhubaneswar. On the other hand, ₹ 1.1 crore cash has been seized from his two -storey house located in Angul. So much cash has been recovered here that machines have been called to count it and the counting of notes is still going on. Not only this, during this raid, Baikuntha Nath Sarangi, who was present in the flat in Bhubaneswar, threw out the bundle of ₹ 500 notes from the window. Their purpose was to hide illegal cash, but the Vigilance team immediately seized the notes in the presence of witnesses.
Raids on these locations-
- Kardagadia, two -storey house in Angul
- Flat in PDN Exotica, Dumduma, Bhubaneswar
- Siula village flat in Pipili, Puri
- Relative home in Angul’s teacher
- Lochepasi village, ancestral house in Angul
- Matiaasahi, two -storey ancestral house in Angul
- Chamber of Chief Engineer Office at Bhubaneswar
Action in disproportionate assets case
According to the Vigilance Department, this investigation is being done in the case of earning disproportionate assets by Sarangi. Officials are now investigating their bank accounts, investment, assets and other economic sources. It is believed that there may be more big revelations later. This action is a major example of zero tolerance policy against the corruption of the Odisha government. Now everyone’s eyes are on the last report of the Vigilance Department. (Input- Shubham Kumar)
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