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Raining cash: Engineer throws bundles from window during raid, ₹2 cr seized
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 pic.twitter.com/1fPi5keOFP
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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.
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