Archive · 23 Dec 2025
Odisha Authorities Seize Assets in Two Separate Cases
In Odisha, authorities have seized assets in two different cases.
First, they raided the properties of a junior accountant named Rabindra Kumar Barik and found valuable items like buildings, gold, and money.
He has been working for about 30 years and currently earns a salary.
The vigilance team suspects that he might have more assets than he should, given his salary.
In another case, a man named Rama Narayan Bal was arrested for cheating people out of crores of rupees.
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) seized his properties, including vehicles and mobile phones.
Bal was found to have cheated more than 20 crore from nine people.
Both cases are under investigation.
Odisha Vigilance raided properties linked to junior accountant Rabindra Kumar Barik, uncovering assets worth crores, including four buildings, a market complex, and bank deposits of Rs 43.81 lakh.
Additional items found in Barik's raid include 175 grams of gold, a four-wheeler, two motorcycles, cash, and household articles.
Barik has been a junior accountant for about three decades, currently posted in Sundargarh, with an initial salary of Rs 5,400 per month.
The EOW seized assets from Rama Narayan Bal, including 10 vehicles, 144 mobile phones, and sound systems, after he was arrested for cheating people out of over 20 crore.
Bal was found to have cheated nine people, including the complainant, and created movable properties out of the crime proceeds, both in his name and in the name of his relatives.
- Who
- Rabindra Kumar Barik and Rama Narayan Bal
- What
- Seizure of assets in two separate cases of alleged financial misconduct
- When
- December 22, 2023 (Barik) and December 20, 2023 (Bal)
- Where
- Multiple locations in Odisha
- Why
- Allegations of possessing assets disproportionate to known income (Barik) and cheating (Bal)
- Person Involved 1
- Rabindra Kumar Barik
- Position 1
- Junior Accountant, OSCSC Ltd
- Assets Found 1
- Four buildings, market complex, four plots, Rs 43.81 lakh in bank deposits, 175 grams gold, four wheeler, two motorcycles, cash, household articles
- Allegations 1
- Possession of assets disproportionate to known income
- Duration of Service 1
- About three decades
- Current Posting 1
- Sundargarh, since July 2023
- Initial Salary 1
- Rs 5,400 per month
- Date of Raid 1
- December 22, 2023
- Person Involved 2
- Rama Narayan Bal
- Allegations 2
- Cheating and impersonation
- Amount Cheated
- Over 20 crore from nine people
- Assets Seized 2
- 10 vehicles, 144 mobile phones, and sound systems
- Date of Arrest
- October 29, 2023
- Date of Raid 2
- December 20, 2023
