Odisha officer arrested as Rs 4.27 crore cash seized from Bhubaneswar flat

Odisha Vigilance officials count seized cash. Pic/PTI

Stacks of notes packed in trolley bags, totalling over Rs 4.27 crore, were allegedly recovered from the house of an Odisha Mines Department officer, who was arrested in a corruption case, officials said on Wednesday.

The cash was seized from the Bhubaneswar flat of Deputy Director of Mines Debabrata Mohanty, arrested by the state Vigilance Department on Tuesday night.

Vigilance Director Yeshwant Jethwa said this is the highest-ever cash seized by an agency in the state.

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