Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance has arrested Umakant Samantaray, Assistant Director of Factories and Boilers, Sambalpur, in a disproportionate assets (DA) case.

According to Odisha Vigilance, searches of properties linked to Samantaray led to the detection of several high-value assets, including four multi-storeyed buildings, two of them in Bhubaneswar and one in Puri, along with a 3-BHK flat.

Investigators also found 30 high-value plots, around 300 grams of gold, bank deposits amounting to Rs 65.03 lakh and a four-wheeler, among other assets.

Vigilance officials said Samantaray could not satisfactorily explain the possession of these assets in relation to his known sources of income.

A case has been registered against him at Sambalpur Vigilance Police Station under Case No. 18/2026 under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

The investigation into the case is continuing.