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Baikuntha Nath Sarangi, Chief Engineer of Odisha's Rural Works Department, was just a day away from retirement when the Vigilance Directorate arrested him. The irony was brutal-a man who began his career as a stipendiary engineer in 1999, earning a meagre Rs 2,000 per month, had amassed assets worth crores. Cash bundles worth Rs 2.1 crore were found stuffed in his home. When the raid began, he desperately threw wads of Rs 500 notes out of his window, like a guilty child hiding stolen sweets. But the law caught up. His disproportionate assets stood at 483%-over Rs 2.56 crore in cash, two multi-storeyed buildings, seven plots, gold ...