Bhubaneswar, Feb. 25 -- In what officials have described as the highest-ever cash seizure in the history of Odisha Vigilance, the anti-corruption agency on Wednesday recovered more than Rs 4 crore from the Bhubaneswar flat of Debabrata Mohanty, Deputy Director of Mines, Cuttack Circle.

Mohanty was apprehended a day earlier in a trap operation while allegedly accepting a Rs.30,000 bribe from a licensed coal vendor. Following his arrest, Vigilance officials launched simultaneous searches at multiple locations linked to him, including his residential flat at Nature's Crest Apartment in Shree Vihar, Patia, his parental house at Mathasahi in Bhadrak district, and his office chamber in Cuttack.

During the ongoing raids, officials recovered th...