Tag: Scam

Sambalpur: A major financial scam has come to limelight at Sambalpur University here after the institution’s financial controller alleged a senior section officer of duping funds worth Rs 48 lakh. Preliminary police probe revealed that section officer of the University Trinath Hati had allegedly embezzled National Service Scheme (NSS) funds worth Rs 47, 73,912 by […]

Bhubaneswar: In a success for the Crime Branch, two persons have been convicted in connection with misappropriation of government funds to the tune of Rs 1.9 crore in Jajpur District Panchayat Office here on Tuesday. Official sources said, former Panchayat Officer Brajaraj Biswal and cashier Bichitrananda Mohanty have been convicted to undergo 7 years imprisonment […]

Bhubaneswar :The Economic Offences Wing of the Crime Branch on Thursday arrested Chinmay Kumar Mallik, managing director of M/s Surya Nirman Resources Private Limited in connection with land fraud. Official sources said, Mallik had allegedly duped over 100 investors by falsely promising them land. “The accused Chinmay Kr Mallik was running an office at Bomikhal, […]

Bolangir: After the exclusive OTV broadcast on irregularities in MGNREGS government funds worth lakhs in Bolangir district, State Government on Wednesday said probe will be initiated into the scam and action will be taken based on the findings. “I will direct for an enquiry into the issue. I have also decided to visit at least […]

Bhubaneswar: Cyber Police of Odisha Crime Branch, on Tuesday, arrested two persons for allegedly duping a person on the pretext of providing LPG dealership under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Ujjwala Yojna. The accused have been identified as Rajesh Patel of Nalanda and Kanhaiya Sahani of Vaishali in Bihar. They had allegedly cheated one Rabi Narayan […]

Koraput: Taking cognisance of the plight of farmers at the hand of middlemen, Odisha government had made online registration mandatory to sell paddy via respective PACS (primary agricultural credit societies). However, it seems, it has become a soft ground for bank officials and middlemen to illegally hoard money. OTV has unearthed a scam in which […]

Bhubaneswar: An unseemly fight has broken out between two top police officers – DG, Fire Services Binay Behera and former ADG, Fire Services and CBI joint director M Nageswara Rao – over an allegation of bungling worth Rs 3 crores in the purchase of uniforms and dungarees for the service during the latter’s tenure. The […]

Bhubaneswar: The chit fund commission probing the multi-crore chit fund scam in the state is likely to submit an interim report to the government on Wednesday. According to sources, the secretary of Justice M M Das, who is heading the commission, is supposed to meet the Home department secretary today and submit the interim report. […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior IAS officer and former Collector of Bolangir district Debraj Mishra who is currently lodged in jail in connection with a recruitment scam, is once again in trouble after Centre sought a report from State government about Mishra’s role in the regularisation of some teaching staff in Utkal University. Under direction from the Centre, […]

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday claimed it has found incriminating documents, gold ornaments and precious stones worth Rs 40 crore during searches at showrooms of Adrija Gold Corporation in connection with the Rose Valley chit fund case. “ED recovers and seizes incriminating documents, 72 kg of 22 carat and 18 kg of 18 […]

New Delhi: Delhi’s Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) on Tuesday said it has raided Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s deceased brother-in-law Surender Kumar Bansal’s residence in the alleged Rs 10 crore PWD scam. The raids were carried out on Monday evening at the Bansal residence and in two other offices of promoters under the agency’s scanner, a […]

New Delhi: Amid the multi-agency probe into the PNB scam, the state-run bank today said the amount of fraudulent transactions could be Rs 1,300 crore more than the current estimate of about Rs 11,400 crore. The latest announcement from the public sector lender assumes significance against the backdrop of the probe going on into the […]

New Delhi: The CBI has claimed to have busted a major scam of over Rs 2,200 crore where 13 companies allegedly remitted the amount to foreign entities against bill payments of imports of only Rs 24.64 crore. The CBI has registered a case against Stelkon Infratel Limited (SIPL) and 12 other companies for allegedly making […]

Bhubaneswar: The vigilance wing of Odisha Police today registered criminal cases against four officers of the Markfed (Odisha State Co-operative Marketing Federation Ltd) on charge of misappropriation of fertilizers. The cases have been registered against Manoj Kumar Pandey, godown in-charge, Rajkishore Panda, area manager, Dukhishyam Mandhata, manager input and Ashok Kumar Mahasuar, development officer of […]

Cuttack: The Odisha government suffered a setback yet again today when not a single bidder turned up to participate in the e-auction of the attached properties of a tainted chit fund company. Immovable properties worth Rs 1.55 crore of M/s Safex Infra India Ltd were listed to be auctioned to public on the day. But […]