{"id":56157,"date":"2026-01-29T19:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/?p=56157"},"modified":"2026-01-29T19:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:00:22","slug":"sanatana-behera-associate-professor-dept-of-hepatology-scb-medical-college-and-hospital-cuttack-arrested-by-odisha-vigilance-in-interception-case-while-carrying-rs-2-63-lakhs-suspected-ill-gotten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2026\/01\/29\/sanatana-behera-associate-professor-dept-of-hepatology-scb-medical-college-and-hospital-cuttack-arrested-by-odisha-vigilance-in-interception-case-while-carrying-rs-2-63-lakhs-suspected-ill-gotten\/","title":{"rendered":"SANATANA BEHERA, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPT. OF HEPATOLOGY, SCB MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, CUTTACK ARRESTED BY ODISHA VIGILANCE IN INTERCEPTION CASE WHILE CARRYING RS.2.63 LAKHS SUSPECTED ILL-GOTTEN CASH."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CUTTACK,29\/01\/2026 ( ODISHA SAMACHAR \/ DIPTI RANJAN KANUNGO) Based on receipt of reliable information regarding collection of illegal cash by Dr.SanatanaBehera, Associate Professor, Department of Hepatology, SCB Medical College &amp; Hospital, Cuttackfrom participating biddersfor supply of medical instruments to hepatology department, a team of Odisha Vigilance kept a close watch over the movement and activities of Dr.Behera.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-854 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Vigilance-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"170\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0Today i.e. on 29.01.2026, the team of Odisha Vigilance intercepted himat Kathagolasahi-Medical Road, Cuttack while he was proceeding to his residential Govt. quarter in his Hero Honda Activa Scooter bearing Regn No. OD05-BS-7309. During interception, a sum of Rs.2,63,000\/- (Rupees Two LakhSixty-three Thousand) was found from possession of Dr.Behera, which he could not account for satisfactorily.The entire cashof Rs.2,63,000\/-as well as Hero Honda Activa Scooterhave been seized.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Soon after the interception, simultaneous searches have been launched atGovt. residential quarter at Cantonment Road, triple storeyed building at CDA Sector-6, Cuttack and his clinic \u201cEko Imaging Institute and Pro\u201d at Mangalabag Medical road, Cuttack.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-56158 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Doctor-300x284.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Doctor-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Doctor.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this connection, CuttackVigilance PS case No.04dated 29.01.2026 U\/s 13(2) r\/w 13(1) (b)\/ 7 PC (Amendment) Act, 2018 has been registered against Dr.SanatanaBehera, Associate Professor, Department of Hepatology, SCB Medical College &amp; Hospital, Cuttack.Accused Dr.Behera has been arrested and is being forwarded to the Court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The investigation of the case is in progress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CUTTACK,29\/01\/2026 ( ODISHA SAMACHAR \/ DIPTI RANJAN KANUNGO) Based on receipt of reliable information regarding collection of illegal cash by Dr.SanatanaBehera, Associate Professor, Department of Hepatology, SCB Medical College &amp; Hospital, Cuttackfrom participating biddersfor supply of medical instruments to hepatology department, a team of Odisha Vigilance kept a close watch over the movement and activities &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[40],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56160,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56157\/revisions\/56160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}