Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance Directorate has intensified its crackdown on corruption, registering 302 criminal cases and arresting 303 government officials and others between June 12, 2024, and October 27, 2025. The agency unearthed disproportionate assets (DA) worth ₹212 crore during this period, with major recoveries including gold, luxury properties, and crores in cash.

Among the accused are 90 Class-I officers, including an IAS officer, seven Chief Engineers, a Joint Commissioner of Excise, a Deputy Director of Mines, a Divisional Forest Officer, and several Tahasildars, BDOs, and police officials.

The Vigilance registered 80 DA cases, 136 trap cases, and 86 misappropriation cases, exposing large-scale embezzlement and bribery networks across departments such as Rural Developme

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