Man dupes OTV of lakhs, goes into hiding 

He bit the hand that fed him. The man in question is Sameer Ranjan Panda, aged 39 and a resident of Madhuban under Baranga Police limits in Cuttack district. 

Sameer, the terminated former HR manager of OTV, had his hands in the till. After misappropriating lakhs of rupees from OTV, he has gone into hiding. Even though a complaint was lodged against him with the Infocity Police Station on June 23, Bhubaneswar, he is still at large.  

As per the complaint, he pocketed lakhs of rupees by forging Petro Card billing. This apart, he has allegations of misappropriating the money from the company’s scrap sale proceeds, cheating, forging and embezzlement against him. 

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Sameer’s misdeeds surfaced during OTV’s internal investigation and subsequently, a complaint was lodged at Infocity Police Station on June 23.

Following this, a team from the police station visited OTV’s head office and investigated the allegations. 

Most importantly, Sameer has admitted his misdeeds on the record. Yet, he is on the run. 

It is learnt that he is involved in irregularities at some other places as well. 

The motive behind OTV publishing this report is to create awareness so that no individual or any organization falls prey to him. 

If anyone gets any information about Sameer, they are requested to inform OTV or the police. 

All our efforts to contact Sameer for his reactions on the entire matter were futile.