Malkangiri, April 11: Yet in another case of bribery, the Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) in Malkangiri was intercepted by Odisha Vigilance on Friday while he was coming to his res with a huge cache of ill-gotten cash.
The Vigilance sleuths reportedly seized an unaccounted cash worth Rs 5.07L from the possession of Pabitra Mohan Panigrahi, AEE Chitrakonda Block in the evening.
Based on credible inputs, the Vigilance team intercepted Panigrahi near Gobindapally Chowk while he was about to leave for his Bhubaneswar res with the amount.
Following the interception, search is being carried out at two locations linked to Panigrahi, from DA angle.
He is being further examined to ascertain the source of the funds recovered.