Overview
- The Vigilance Department conducted simultaneous, court‑authorized searches at six locations linked to engineer Bhubaneswar Sabar on Tuesday and uncovered extensive movable and immovable assets.
- Sabar was placed under arrest on Wednesday after he failed to satisfactorily explain the source of the assets and a case was registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
- Reports differ while verification continues but detected items include multiple multi‑storey buildings, a market complex, farmhouses, a vehicle, bank deposits and cash with published counts ranging from 33 plots (about 39.6 acres) to 97 plots (about 83 acres).
- Odisha Vigilance teams led by DSPs carried out the raids on court warrants and the Vigilance Technical Wing is measuring and valuing properties while investigators check bank records and investments and attach seized assets.
- Sabar joined government service in 1999 on a modest salary and was promoted to executive engineer in 2024; the case underscores the state’s stepped‑up anti‑corruption enforcement and the probe’s next steps are technical valuation, financial verification and possible prosecution.