DA Case / Odisha Vigilance Arrests R&B Assistant Executive Engineer Tapan Sethi in Disproportionate Assets Case

Kataka, Oct 23: Odisha Vigilance on Friday arrested Tapan Sethi, an assistant executive engineer in the Roads and Buildings (R&B) Sub-Division at Badachana in Jajpur district, in a disproportionate assets (DA) case.

According to Odisha Vigilance, Sethi was found in possession of assets allegedly disproportionate to his known sources of income during searches at properties linked to him. He is scheduled to be produced before the Special Judge, Vigilance, Kataka, today.

Three Multi-Storey Buildings, Farmhouse Among Assets
Searches reportedly revealed three multi-storey buildings in Kataka, Bhubaneswar and Puri, three high-value plots and a farmhouse spread over 1.02 acres.

Vigilance officials also found 747 grams of gold, bank deposits worth Rs 20.87 lakh and two four-wheelers, among other assets.

According to the agency, Sethi could not satisfactorily explain the source of the assets discovered during the searches.

Case Registered Under Prevention Of Corruption Act
A case has been registered against Sethi at the Vigilance Cell police station under Case No. 8/2026, invoking provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Sethi was posted at the R&B Sub-Division in Badachana, Jajpur, under the supervision of the R&B Division at Charbatia, Choudwar, Kataka.

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Service History Of Sethi
Tapan Sethi, the assistant executive engineer (AEE) arrested by Odisha Vigilance in a disproportionate assets (DA) case, joined government service in 1997 with an initial monthly salary of Rs 5,000, according to details of his service career. Sethi, born on August 24, 1972, entered government service on August 6, 1997, as a junior engineer (civil) under the Engineer-in-Chief (Civil), Odisha.

He served in the National Highways Division in Dhenkanal from August 7, 1997, to December 12, 2008. During this period, he was posted in National Highways Section-II, Boinda, in Angul district, from July 23, 2003, to December 12, 2008.

On December 15, 2008, Sethi was posted as a junior engineer in the Rural Works and Buildings (R&B) Division in Jagatsinghpur, where he served until April 19, 2018. His tenure included service in the Kantapada R&B Section under the Jagatsinghpur division.

Following his promotion, he served as an assistant engineer in the Kendrapada R&B Division from April 20, 2018, to October 14, 2022. He was subsequently promoted and posted as an assistant executive engineer (civil) in R&B Division-III, Bhubaneswar, on October 15, 2022, where he remained until October 20, 2023.

After his transfer, Sethi joined the R&B Sub-Division in Badachana, Jajpur district, on October 25, 2023. He was serving in the post under the supervision of the Superintending Engineer, R&B Division, Charbatia, Choudwar, in Kataka district, when Odisha Vigilance arrested him in the disproportionate assets case.