Bhubaneswar, Oct. 28 -- Odisha Vigilance registered 516 criminal cases and arrested 537 government officials and others between June 12, 2024, and October 26, 2026, according to its performance report released on Tuesday.

The agency recorded a conviction rate of around 65% in corruption cases and 80% in disproportionate assets (DA) cases during the period. The convictions resulted in the dismissal of 42 government employees, while pension benefits were stopped for 91 retired public servants.

Cases were registered against 134 Class-I officers, including an Odisha Administrative Service officer, eight chief engineers, two divisional forest officers, one sub-collector, four block development officers and nine tehsildars. Other senior offic...