Vigilance department raids in odisha: A surprising incident came to light from Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha, when a man began to throw crores of rupees notes from his flat window. This person is none other than Baikunth Nath Sarangi, Chief Engineer in the Rural Development Department in the Government of Odisha. In fact, the house of the government chief engineer was raided and due to fear of raids, Chief Engineer Baikunth Nath Sarangi threw out of his flat window of 500 rupee notes.

Baikunth Nath Sarangi was raided in the case of corruption and disproportionate assets. During this time more than Rs 2 crore cash was recovered from Baikunth. After this action, now in the Odisha government, the Chief Engineer of the Road Department has come under the scanner of Vigilance Department.

The Vigilance Department raided the respective locations of the Chief Engineer in Angul, Bhubaneswar and Pipili (Puri) of Odisha simultaneously. In this action, the Vigilance Department has recovered cash worth about Rs 2.1 crore.

Vigilance Department raided together at these 7 places

Among the 7 locations on which Vigilance Department raided the Vigilance Department, two-storey residential houses in Kardagadia of Angul, a flat in Dumduma of Bhubaneswar, a flat in Puri, the house of a relative of Sarangi in Angul’s teacher, the ancestral house of sarangi in the finger, Angul in Angul, Angul in Angul itself, a two-work engineer and a couple-r The chamber was involved.

Today, on the Allegation of Possession of Disp. Assets by sri baikuntha nath sarangi, Chief Engineer, RW Division, Odisha, House Searches are on by #Odisha #Vigilance at 7 locations. Approx Rs 2.1 Crore Cash Recovered so far from his house at Bhubaneswar (1 CR) & Angul (1.1 CR). pic.twitter.com/j0h3444oiqa

– Odisha vigilance (@odishavigilance) May 30, 2025

If the raid was lying, the bundles of crores of notes were thrown from the window

In this incident, there was a surprising turn when the officials of the Vigilance Department reached the house of Baikunth Nath Sarangi to raid. Fearing the raids, Chief Engineer Baikunth Nath Sarangi threw the bundles of crores of notes out of his flat window. However, the bundles of those notes were later recovered by the officials of the Vigilance Department in the presence of witnesses.

2.1 crore cash recovered from two places

Officials of the Vigilance Department recovered cash worth 1.1 crore from the fingers of Sarangi and 1 crore from Bhubaneswar flat in the raid. The department took this action on charges of possessing disproportionate assets from known sources. A total of 26 police officers were deployed during this action, including 8 DSPs, 12 inspectors and 6 ASIs along with other assistant employees.

Big quantity of notes in the video

In the video that came in front of this raid campaign, the officials of Vigilance Department are seen counting a large amount of cash. In which 200, 100, 50 and 20 rupee notes were also included along with bundles of 500 rupee note.