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“Stacks of notes packed successful trolley bags were allegedly recovered from the location of an Odisha Mines Department officer, who was arrested successful a corruption case,” officials said connected Wednesday (February 25, 2026).
“A full of ₹4 crore successful currency was seized from a level successful Bhubaneswar owned by Deputy Director of Mines Debabrata Mohanty, who was arrested by the State Vigilance Department connected Tuesday night,” they said. “This is the highest-ever currency seizure made by the anti-corruption bureau successful the State,” they added.
“Mohanty was apprehended portion allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹30,000 from a licensed ember vendor successful speech for facilitating creaseless operations,” officials said.
“Following his arrest, the Vigilance Department conducted simultaneous searches astatine his Bhubaneswar flat, his parental location successful Bhadrak district, and his bureau successful Cuttack,” they said. “In addition, ₹1.20 lakh successful currency was recovered from Mohanty's bureau drawer,” they added.
Other assets detected truthful acold see a palatial double-storey location successful Bhubaneswar and astir 130 gram of gold. “A lawsuit nether the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered,” officials said.
The erstwhile highest currency seizure made by the bureau was ₹3.4 crore, recovered astatine the residence of an adjunct technologist successful the Minor Irrigation Division successful Ganjam territory connected April 7, 2022.
