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The Odisha Vigilance launched a major anti-corruption operation against Rama Chandra Satpathy, an Assistant Executive Engineer. Simultaneous raids across four districts revealed significant disproportionate assets, including buildings, plots, and substantial cash reserves. Investigators discovered gold ornaments, bank deposits, and vehicles during the extensive search. Both Satpathy and his son-in-law are currently being interrogated about the source of these undeclared assets.

Key Points: Odisha Vigilance Raids Uncover Crores in Disproportionate Assets

  • Raids conducted at 8 locations across Angul, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, and Kalahandi districts
  • Discovered assets include buildings, plots, cash, and gold ornaments
  • Vigilance teams comprising 7 DSPs and 15 Inspectors led the search operation
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Odisha: Vigilance unearths assets worth crores during raids

Odisha Vigilance exposes massive asset discrepancies for government official Rama Chandra Satpathy across multiple districts

"Simultaneous house searches were conducted on the properties of Rama Chandra Satpathy - Vigilance Official"

Bhubaneswar, April 16

The Odisha Vigilance on Wednesday unearthed assets worth crores during raids at different places linked to a senior government official in Angul district.

“On the allegation of possession of assets disproportionate to the known sources of income, simultaneous house searches were conducted on the properties of Rama Chandra Satpathy, Assistant Executive Engineer, Athamallick Block in Angul district on April 16 at eight places in Angul, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, and Kalahandi districts,” said a senior vigilance official.

He said that the places where searches were carried out include the residential house of Satpathy at Gayatri Nagar in Dhenkanal town, his official quarter in Athamallick, his paternal house at Banasingh under Sadar police limits in Dhenkanal district, his son-in-law’s residence at Junagarh in Kalahandi district, etc.

The official added that as many as eight teams of Odisha Vigilance, comprising seven Deputy Superintendents of Police, 15 Inspectors, and other supporting staff, conducted the search on the strength of Search Warrants issued by the Court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Cuttack on Wednesday.

“The cops during the raid found that Satpathy and his family are in possession of assets including one double-storeyed building in Dhenkanal, one high-value plot in Barang area of Cuttack district and another 20 plots in and around Dhenkanal town,” he said. Sources said that the actual value of the landed plots is likely to be much higher than the Registered Sale Deed (RSD) value that stood at around Rs. 60 to .85 Lakhs.

The Vigilance Technical Wing has been carrying out measurement and valuation of the above building and plots possessed by Satpathy to ascertain the actual value of these assets. The vigilance sleuths also unearthed cash worth Rs 23.95 lakhs during the house search of Satpathy’s son-in-law, Dr. Tapan Kumar Tripathy, Medical Officer, CHC, Junagarh.

Both Satpathy and his son-in-law are being interrogated to ascertain the source of funds. The anti-corruption officials further unearthed gold ornaments weighing 350 grams, bank, postal and Insurance deposits worth Rs 1,06,66,475, two four-wheelers and two two-wheelers, household articles worth over Rs 17.31 lakhs.

- IANS

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Priya M.
This is shocking! How can a government official accumulate so much wealth? Kudos to Vigilance for taking action 👏 Hope this sends a strong message to other corrupt officials.
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Rahul K.
While I support anti-corruption drives, I hope the media doesn't jump to conclusions before the investigation is complete. Everyone deserves a fair process.
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Sunita P.
20 plots?! And all this while people struggle to buy one decent home. This makes me so angry 😠 When will this corruption end?
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Amit S.
The article mentions assets worth crores but only 23 lakhs cash found. Most must be in benami properties. Need stricter laws to track such hidden wealth.
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Neha R.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. There are hundreds of such cases across departments. Hope this raid leads to more investigations in other districts too!

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