Tag: Fraud Slur

Vigilance sleuths raided properties linked to Basanta Kumar Dash, Deputy Director of Fisheries Brackish Water, Cuttack, over charges of misappropriating Rs 1.05 crore in government funds.

Padmakesharipur village near Bhubaneswar has been in turmoil for five days due to clashes sparked by high-interest money lending. The male villagers have fled, leaving women and children in panic.

The Odisha Crime Branch has busted a major gang involved in crypto and IPO investment fraud, arresting 15 individuals including two masterminds from Delhi.

Cyber fraudsters duped people across 24 Indian states, with Rs 2 crore frozen in an Odisha case. Five individuals were arrested for scamming a government official in Bhubaneswar using a fake courier scheme, claiming drugs were sent to Taiwan using his credentials. The accused operated fraudulent transactions across multiple states, involving over Rs 25 crores.

Khageswar is now under scanner over allegations of distribution of cash among voters. The raid was conducted after the Election Commission of India (ECI) received such allegations against Khageswar.

As per police sources, three other aides of the accused in this connection are on the run.

Odisha BJD president Manmohan Samal alleged that there have been massive irregularities in the procurement of rice. He alleged corruption of more than Rs 1 lakh crore in paddy procurement by the BJD government in the State.

In 2020, the then BDO of Jashipur block had lodged a written complaint against 25 persons at Jashipur police station.

Following Subharajit’s arrest a couple of days back, another doctor treating patients at the same clinic has also come under the scanner.

Kar was arrested based on the complaint filed by one Mahamanya Jena of Sahadebkhunta area in Balasore district. The complainant had alleged that Kar had induced him to invest in an App/website- ‘Cloud-Fut’ for earning extra money.

According to the EOW, the application named Join trade- Financial Growth claims to be a professional financial trading and wealth management platform with different investment schemes with minimal deposit of Rs 100-20,000. 

On opening of the website, it shows the name “Marathon Digital Holdings” which claims to be an investment site in which investors could earn additional income on daily basis by investing a minimum amount of Rs 1000 and maximum up to Rs 2 lakh.

As per Chandpur IIC Mukesh Behera, a case has been registered against Collector Sahu and three others as per the directive of the High Court.

The accused, Subasish Pal, was allegedly taking the bribe from a contractor named Debendra Puhan at the office of the postal superintendent when he was caught by the officials of the central agency. 

Speaking to the media, the Parliamentarian from Cuttack said, "Fake certificate rackets used to operate in UP and Bihar earlier. Now the racket in Odisha has shocked me."