Sarpanch Caught With Rs 5.4 Lakh Unaccounted Cash Arrested by Odisha Vigilance

Bhubaneswar: The sarpanch of Kahalandi’s Brundabahal gram panchayat, Dinesh Kumar Rout, was arrested by the Odisha Vigilance on Saturday. On Friday he was nabbed with Rs 5.4 lakh unaccounted cash.

According to an official release, a team of Odisha Vigilance intercepted Rout’s car while he was proceeding to Brundabahal from Golamunda in Kalahandi district and seized Rs 5.4 lakh in cash from his possession on Friday.

Rout could not provide information regarding the source of the seized cash. The vehicle in which he was travelling was also seized.

It is suspected that the seized money was bribe collection by Rout as PC from contractors executing various developmental projects in the concerned panchayat.

Vigilance officials also conducted searches at two locations linked to Rout to ascertain whether he has accumulated assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.