Archive · 6 Sep 2026
Odisha Vigilance Arrests Engineer After Finding Cash, Deposits, Properties
Odisha Vigilance is an agency that investigates suspected corruption by public officials.
Officials said they arrested a woman engineer after receiving a tip-off.
They stopped her official vehicle on a highway on Saturday.
They said they found Rs 3.15 lakh in suspected ill-gotten cash in the vehicle.
A later search of her home found another Rs 4 lakh.
Investigators also reported finding Rs 63 lakh in deposits and several properties.
These included a flat, a shop, a godown and five plots.
The report describes allegations and seizures, not a final court decision about her guilt.
Odisha Vigilance arrested a woman assistant executive engineer after a tip-off, officials said.
Officials seized Rs 7.15 lakh in cash, including Rs 3.15 lakh from her vehicle and Rs 4 lakh from her residence.
Investigators detected Rs 63 lakh in deposits, one Bhubaneswar flat, a rod and cement godown, and a shop.
Five plots were also found in Bhubaneswar, Anugul and Dhenkanal districts.
The engineer joined government service in 2003 and was posted to Kendrapada’s Drainage Division in March.
- Who
- Odisha Vigilance officials arrested a woman assistant executive engineer identified in the report as Sahoo.
- What
- She was arrested after officials reported finding cash, bank deposits and multiple properties during searches.
- When
- The vehicle was intercepted on Saturday, and the arrest was reported on Sunday, September 6.
- Where
- The interception took place at Marshaghai crossing on National Highway 53-A; searches covered properties in Kendrapada, Bhubaneswar, Anugul, Dhenkanal and Bolangir.
- Why
- Officials said the action followed a tip-off about suspected ill-gotten assets.
- Cash seized
- Rs 7.15 lakh total
- Deposits detected
- Rs 63 lakh
- Properties found
- One flat, one rod and cement godown, one shop and five plots
- Vehicle interception
- Marshaghai crossing on National Highway 53-A
- Current posting
- Assistant executive engineer, Drainage Division, Kendrapada
- Government service
- Joined as a junior engineer in 2003; service regularised in 2009
- Reported arrest
- Sunday, September 6