Since the BJP Government came to power in 2024, the Odisha Vigilance has made a seizure of Rs. 248.91 crore ill-gotten assets and arrested as many as 369 individuals including IAS and State administrative officers under prevention of corruption act, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said.
CM Mohan Charan Majhi
Since the BJP Government came to power in 2024, the Odisha Vigilance has made a seizure of Rs. 248.91 crore ill-gotten assets and arrested as many as 369 individuals including IAS and State administrative officers under prevention of corruption act, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said.
Asserting the government zero-tolerance policy towards corrupt practices, CM Majhi told the Assembly that the anti-corruption wing of police registered 376 criminal cases against 640 persons including 104 Class-I officers & 78 Class-II officers and arrested 369 persons, which include 75 Class-I officers & 56 Class-II officers since BJP came to power on 12 June, 2024.
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This includes action against an IAS officer, 7 Chief Engineers, 2 Divisional Forest Officers, a Sub-Collector, 2 Block Development Officers, 8 Tahasildars, a Joint Commissioner of Excise, two Deputy Directors of Mines, a Deputy Director of Fisheries Department, a DGM, Engineering (Civil), a Joint Commissioner, State Transport Authority, a Joint Director & two Project Directors, Watershed, 4 Civil Supplies Officers, 3 Assistant Commissioners of Commercial Tax &GST, two Superintendents of Excise, a District Labour Officer, a Motor Vehicle Inspector, a District Education Officer, a Deputy Director, Textiles, 26 Police officers, 20 Forest officials, 5 Doctors and a Jail Superintendent and others, he informed the Assembly yesterday.
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Out of 376 criminal cases, 100 cases were registered for acquisition of disproportionate assets (DA) against 177 public servants including 54 Class-I officers and 25 Class-II officers.
The total assets seized in all the 100 cases come to Rs. 248.91 crore which include 282 buildings, 1182 plots, Gold 30.50 Kg, deposits over Rs.57.72 crores, and cash seizures of Rs.15.53 crore.
Recently, during a Vigilance raid, huge cash of Rs.4.28 crores has been unearthed and seized from a corrupt public servant accused of demanding and taking bribe from a complainant. This is the highest ever cash seizure in the history of Odisha Vigilance.
Stating the Government has accorded top priority towards prompt investigation and submission of charge-sheets in the detected cases, he claimed that a record number of charge sheets have been submitted in 640 cases against 1466 persons including 166 Class-I officers & 146 Class-II officers.
The disposal of DA cases in 2025 was the highest ever in the history of Odisha Vigilance. In 2025, the State government accorded the largest ever number of sanctions for prosecution.
During this period, 183 cases have ended in conviction against 34 Class-I officers & 38 Class-II officers. Altogether, 246 accused persons have been convicted during the period. Conviction rate in Vigilance cases has been around 50%.
Also, 35 public servants have been dismissed from Govt. service and pension of 70 retired public servants has been stopped, consequent upon their conviction in Vigilance cases.
During this period, 387 enquiries have also been initiated against 65 Class-I officers & 58 Class-II officers on their alleged involvement in various acts of corruption/ malpractices.
In order to strengthen Vigilance administration in the State, the government has already initiated steps for further expansion and modernization of Odisha Vigilance, he concluded.
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