Odisha Anti-Corruption Drive: 134 Senior Officers Booked, ₹72 Cr & 350+ Properties Found

28 Oct 2026, 08:24 by Vinay Kakkad · KalingaTV

Bhubaneswar: A state-wide anti-corruption offensive across Odisha over the past two and a half years has dismantled extensive networks of illicit wealth, resulting in enforcement actions against 134 Class-I officers.

Disclosing the comprehensive enforcement data on Tuesday during a state-level event marking Vigilance Awareness Week, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi outlined the scale of ongoing administrative accountability measures.

Financial and physical audits conducted during the investigations revealed deep pockets of undisclosed wealth. Investigators uncovered 353 residential properties—ranging from high-end bungalows and multi-storey residences to luxury apartments—alongside 25 farmhouses and 1,471 premium real estate plots acquired through unaccounted funds. Bank accounts associated with targeted personnel held roughly Rs 72.43 crore, while searches also yielded nearly 40 kilograms of gold jewellery acquired for family members.

The 134 top-ranking personnel brought under scrutiny represent critical administrative, revenue, and technical portfolios, including:

One Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer
Eight chief engineers
Three Deputy Directors of Mines
Three Excise Commissioners
Three CT-GST Assistant Commissioners
Two Divisional Forest Officers (DFOs)
Two Deputy Directors
One Sub-Collector
Five tehsildars
Four Block Development Officers (BDOs)

Enforcement actions extended across multiple line departments, reaching 87 engineers, 64 revenue personnel, 45 employees within the Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department, 34 police personnel, 11 medical officers, and a traffic inspector.

Across the 30-month period, the Vigilance Department instituted 516 criminal cases and took 537 individuals into custody.

The enforcement docket features 140 disproportionate assets proceedings and 232 trap operations involving bribery. The bribery cases alone resulted in 271 arrests, bringing in 38 Class-II officers and one Class-I officer.