Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance on Wednesday recovered gold jewellery weighing approximately 606.30 grams from a bank locker operated by Prasanjit Das, Superintending Engineer of the Mahanadi Northern Division, Jagatpur, Kataka, in connection with a disproportionate assets case.
The recovery was made after Das was taken on a three-day police remand from November 2 to 4, 2026, following an order by the Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhubaneswar. During the remand period, Vigilance officials took him to the Axis Bank branch at Baragada to conduct an inventory of his locker. The exercise resulted in the recovery of gold jewellery weighing 606.30 grams.
Das was earlier arrested by Odisha Vigilance on October 17, 2026, in an interception case after he was allegedly found carrying suspected ill-gotten cash amounting to Rs 7,28,620.
Following his interception, Vigilance officials conducted simultaneous searches at his residential premises. During the searches, an additional Rs 14.60 lakh in cash was unearthed and seized.
With this, the total cash seized from the Superintending Engineer stands at Rs 21,88,620.
A case was registered at the Bhubaneswar Vigilance Police Station under Case No. 24/2026, invoking Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(b) of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018.
Das is scheduled to be produced before the Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhubaneswar, on November 4.
Further investigation into the case is underway.
