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₹2 crore cash, 13 plots, 300 gm gold: Odisha Vigilance department unearths govt engineer's assets

Posted on: Jun 07, 2026 09:07 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
₹2 crore cash, 13 plots, 300 gm gold: Odisha Vigilance department unearths govt engineer's assets
ODisha Vigilance team up on sat recovered nearly ₹2 crore in cash in and o'er 300 grams of atomic number 79 from bank lockers linked to an assistant executive engineer (AEE) of the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) in Kandhamal district’s Baliguda during a disproportionate assets probe.Director of Vigilance YK Jethwa said there were allegations that Baikuntha Nath Behera possessed assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, adding that bundles of currency notes were found stacked inside bank lockers.Also read: ₹29, now cost ₹942 in Delhi">LPG price hiked again: Cooking gas rates increased by ₹29, now cost ₹942 in DelhiVigilance officers said cash of around ₹2 crore was recovered from two lockers registered in the name of Behera’s wife. More than 300 grams of gold ornaments were also recovered from another locker in Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar.Odisha Vigilance launched simultaneous raids at nine locations linked to Behera across Bhubaneswar, Baliguda, Baripada and Dharmasala in Jajpur district earlier on Saturday.Also read: Cockroach Janta Party draws BJP chief's 'puppet' jibe after first offline protest in DelhiThe searches revealed a string of high-value immovable assets, including four palatial houses in Bhubaneswar and a double-storeyed ancestral property at Pandua in Jajpur district, allegedly owned by Behera and his family members.Officers have identified 13 plots linked to the engineer and his family, including seven in prime localities of Bhubaneswar, five in Dharmasala of Jajpur district and one in Baripada.Officers reportedly found other valuables during the searches. Authorities are now examining documents and verifying whether the assets are commensurate with Behera’s declared income.Also read: PM Modi is personally supervising, govt tells SC as court seeks explanation on NEET-like paper leaksThe case comes months after Odisha Vigilance recorded its biggest-ever cash seizure in February this year, when more than ₹4 crore was recovered from trolley bags and almirahs at a Bhubaneswar flat linked to Debabrata Mohanty, the then deputy director of mines, Cuttack Circle, who was arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe from a licensed coal trader.

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