Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance on Friday arrested Kartikeswar Roul, Assistant Engineer, Minor Irrigation, Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district for possession of disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 4.76 crores.
Yesterday on the second day of the house search, Rs 2 Crores 50 Thousand cash (highest cash seizure in the history of Odisha Vigilance) was unearthed from the house of Roul and his second wife at TATA Ariana Flat No 0505, Bhubaneswar.
On the first day of the search i.e. April 6, Rs 2,50,880 cash had been recovered. With this, the total amount of cash seizure comes to Rs 2,03,00,880.
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.
Hence, total assets come to over Rs 4.76 Crores. This may further increase, informed the Vigilance.
In connection with ongoing house searches on locations of Roul, the Vigilance had yesterday registered a case against him and others under various sections of PC Act-1988 as amended by Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act-2018. In course of the investigation, Roul has been arrested.
