During a Friday raid on the residences of an additional sub-collector, Odisha Vigilance found a significant amount of cash totaling more than Rs 3 crore.
According to M. Radhakrishna, the vigilance Superintendent of Police (SP), vigilance teams have been conducting simultaneous raids on the properties of Nabarangpur additional sub-collector Prasanta Kumar Rout at nine locations on the basis of a search warrant granted by the special judge, vigilance, Sundargarh.
According to Rout, vigilance officers have so far retrieved cash totaling Rs 2.25 crore from his Bhubaneswar apartment and another Rs 77 lakh from his Nowrangpur residence.
The SP stated that more search efforts are ongoing and that details will be released at a later time.