Odisha Vigilance Raids R&B Assistant Executive Engineer at Seven Locations

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance on Thursday conducted simultaneous searches at seven locations linked to Tapan Sethi, Assistant Executive Engineer of the Roads and Buildings (R&B) Sub-Division at Badachana in Jajpur district, over allegations of possession of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

The searches are being conducted under warrants issued by the Special Vigilance Judge, Cuttack, across Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Puri and Jajpur districts. The vigilance team comprises three Additional Superintendents of Police, six Deputy Superintendents of Police, three inspectors and other supporting personnel.

The locations under scrutiny include a three-storey building at CDA Sector 7 in Cuttack, another three-storey building in Puri’s Siddha Mahavir area, a farmhouse and a simplex building at Kantapada in Cuttack district, and a two-storey building in Sethi’s ancestral village of Jhinkiria under Konark police station limits in Puri district.

The searches are also being conducted at his in-laws’ residence near the Shiva temple at Bantunia in Cuttack’s 42 Mouza area, a two-storey building in the Kantabad area of Bhubaneswar, and his office chamber at the R&B Sub-Division office in Badachana, Jajpur district.

The vigilance operation is underway, and details regarding any recovery of cash, property documents or other assets are awaited.