Bhubaneswar: Kalpana Pradhan, the second wife of Kartikeswar Roul, Assistant Engineer, Minor Irrigation, Bhanjanagar, Ganjam, was arrested by Odisha Vigilance on Saturday for actively abetting the offence of her husband and for concealing the illgotten money acquired by him through corrupt practices.
Yesterday late night, based on the confession of Pradhan, searches were conducted at the 1 room house of her sister at Salia Sahi and Rs 1,41,62,400 cash belonging to Roul was recovered and seized. With this, the total cash seizure in this case is Rs 3,41,66,280 which is the highest ever cash seizure by Odisha Vigilance in a case.
Also, 360 gm gold and 1004 gm silver was recovered. Further, property documents indicating the purchase of a Triplex bungalow by Roul from M/s Kesari Estate Pvt Ltd at Pokhariput, Bhubaneswar on cash payment of Rs 78,50,000 were recovered.
Roul had been arrested yesterday for possession of disproportionate assets.
On the first day of the search i.e. April 6, Rs 2,50,880 cash had been recovered. On the second day of the house search on Thursday, Rs 2 Crores 50 Thousand cash was unearthed from the house of Roul and his second wife Kalpana at TATA Ariana Flat No 0505, Bhubaneswar.
Previously, assets worth over Rs 2.76 Crores including 2 Flats and 1 double-storeyed building in Bhubaneswar, Bank and Insurance deposits of approximately Rs 37.23 Lakhs, 7 Plots including 2 plots in a prime area in Bhubaneswar, etc. were unearthed during house search of Roul.
