odisha vigilance got 3 crore cash during raid on an officer

Bhubaneswar (IANS) | Odisha Vigilance on Friday unearthed over Rs three crore in cash during raids at the properties of Additional Sub-Collector. Vigilance Superintendent of Police (SP) M. Radhakrishna said, Vigilance teams are simultaneously raiding nine locations of Nabarangpur Additional Deputy Collector Prashant Kumar Raut.

So far, vigilance officials have recovered Rs 2.25 crore in cash from Raut’s Bhubaneswar residence, while Rs 77 lakh was recovered from his Naurangpur residence, he said.

Further search operation is on and details will be shared later, the SP said.

The raids are being conducted at his two-storey house at Kanan Vihar in Bhubaneswar, his residence and office at Nabarangpur and his ancestral house at Bhadrak.

Vigilance officials said teams are also conducting raids at the house of his relatives and five other places.

–IANS