Odisha Vigilance today arrested Santanu Mohapatra, Dy Director & PD, Watershed in Malkangiri district and four others for possessing disproportionate assets.
Based on searches conducted on properties of Mohapatra, he was found in possession of disproportionate assets (DA) including 1 multi-storeyed building, 4 high-value plots, gold approx 422 gms, deposits over Rs 91 lakhs, cash of Rs 2 crores, etc, which he could not explain satisfactorily.
Following this, Santanu Mohapatra has been placed under arrest by Odisha Vigilance and will be forwarded to the Court for possession of disproportionate assets.
Further, 4 accomplices of Mohapatra namely Mohan Mandal, Asst Agriculture Engineer, Biswajit Mandal, DEO, Amiyakanta Sahu, Contractual Staff, Alekh Pradhan, a Private Person have also been placed under arrest for abetting Mohapatra in accumulation of huge amount assets and pecuniary resources disproportionate to their known sources of income.
In this connection, Koraput Vigilance PS case No.02/2025 has been registered against Santanu Mohapatra, his spouse and his accomplices.
