Bhubaneswar: Bijayananda Sahoo, Superintending Engineer, RWSS Division, Bhubaneswar has been arrested by Odisha Vigilance for possession of disproportionate assets worth over Rs 3 crores, which he could not account for satisfactorily.
Sahoo is being forwarded to the Court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Dhenkanal. A case had been registered against him and his spouse at Cuttack Vigilance Police Station on Sunday.
After thorough search, inventory and further enquiry, the income, expenditure and assets of Sahoo were calculated and he was found in possession of disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 3,13,76,599/- (Rupees Three Crore Thirteen Lakh Seventy-six Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-nine), which is 221% higher than his known sources of income.