India, Feb. 25 -- A total of Rs.4 crore in cash was seized from a flat owned by an official in the Odisha Mines Department in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday night, officials said.

This is the highest-ever cash seizure made by the anti-corruption agency, the officials said,

The officials unearthed over Rs.4 crore in cash stuffed inside trolley bags and almirahs at the Bhubaneswar flat of the senior mining official, arrested earlier the same day for accepting a bribe of a mere Rs.30,000.

Debabrata Mohanty, Deputy Director of Mines, Cuttack Circle, was caught red-handed while allegedly accepting the bribe from a licensed coal vendor. The bribe, vigilance director general YK Jethwa said, was demanded in exchange for allowing the smooth functioning...