Bhubaneswar, No 28: Odisha vigilance on Tuesday arrested Susanta Satpathy, Inspector In-Charge (IIC) of Boipariguda police station in Koraput district, after recovering Rs 37.27 lakh lakh ill-gotten money from his possession.

The anti-corruption sleuths have so far recovered cash to the tune of Rs 37.27 lakh during searches at Satpathy’s office chamber and government quarters in Koraput and Cuttack districts.

Today, Sri Susanta Satpathy, IIC, Baipariguda PS, #Koraput was arrested & sent to jail.
Total cash seized by #Odisha #Vigilance is Rs 37,27,000 including Rs 2.7 lakh from possession,Rs 4.8 lakh from his Office & residence at Baipariguda & Rs 29,77,000 from his quarter at CTC. pic.twitter.com/cN2NZtxmnF
— Odisha Vigilance (@OdishaVigilance) November 28, 2023

“Following inputs about movement of Satpathy, from Boipariguda to Cuttack in a Bus along with suspected ill-gotten cash, he was intercepted by a team of Odisha Vigilance near Jeypore and approximately Rs 2, 70,000 cash was recovered, the possession of which he could not explain satisfactorily,” said vigilance official.

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The vigilance officials later carried out searches at different places related to the erring police official. The cops have so far recovered Rs 1, 80,000 from his office chamber at the police station, Rs 3 lakh from his official quarter at Boipariguda in Koraput and Rs 29.77 lakh from his official government quarter at Buxi Bazar in Cuttack.

The recovery of more assets is likely as the search is on till the last report came in.

Satpathy entered into government service as constable in the year 1999 under Bhubaneswar district Police and then got himself selected through direct recruitment in the year 2008 as Sub-Inspector of Police and underwent training during 2008-09 at BPSPA, Bhubaneswar.

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From the year 2009 to 2023 July he worked as SI in various police stations in the state. In July 2023, he was promoted to the rank of Inspector and joined in Koraput district as Inspector, DCRB and in-charge Cyber PS. In the month of August-2023, he was transferred as IIC, Boipariguda PS, Koraput and since then was continuing there.

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