By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Call it ridiculous or taking things easy. How an assistant engineer like Kartikeswar Roul remained posted in one place- Bhanjanagar in Ganjam for 22 years in Minor Irrigation wing of Water Resources Department. Why and how, Roul continued in the same place and also continued to expand his corruption network, till Vigilance unearthed about Rs Rs 3,41,66,280.
Odisha Vigilance on Saturday arrested second wife of corrupt Assistant Engineer Kartikeswar Roul in connection with a DA case.
Kalpana Pradhan, the second wife of Bhanjanagar Minor Irrigation Assistant Engineer Kartikeswar Roul, was arrested after seizure of Rs 1.4 crore unaccounted cash belonging to her husband from her sister’s house at a slum in Bhubaneswar today morning.
“Ms. Kalpana Pradhan, second wife of K Raul, Assistant Engineer, MI, BJNGR has been arrested & forwarded today by Odisha Vigilance in Bhubaneswar Vigilance P.S. Case No.8 dt.07.04.2022 for actively abetting the offence of Sri Raul under the PC Act, and for concealing his ill-gotten money,” Vigilance said.
With this, the total cash seizure increased to Rs 3,41,66,280, which is the highest ever cash seizure by Odisha Vigilance in a DA case. The Vigilance also seized 360 gram gold and 1004 gram silver ornaments.
