India, May 30 -- The Odisha Vigilance on Friday recovered more than Rs.2 crore in cash and valuable assets from the possession of a government engineer during a raid at his home over suspected disproportionate assets.

The Odisha Police's anti-corruption wing carried out raids at the residences and the office of Baikuntha Nath Sarangi, the Chief Engineer of Plan Roads at the state's RW division in Bhubaneswar, news agency PTI reported.

Officials said that the search operations at these locations were still underway.

Of the cash recovered from Sarangi, officials said, around Rs.1 crore in cash was seized from his Bhubaneswar flat, while Rs.1.1 crore was found at his residence in Angul.

However, as soon as Sarangi's eye caught the offici...