RS 25 LAKH LOWER INDRA GOOF-UP UNEARTHED

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RS 25 LAKH LOWER INDRA GOOF-UP UNEARTHED

Thursday, 29 August 2013 | AJIT PANDA | NUAPADA | in Bhubaneswar
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The Nuapada district police stumbled upon a fraudulent transaction worth more than Rs 25 lakh in the disbursement of payment of rehabilitation assistance to fake displaced persons (DP) of the Lower Indra Irrigation Project (LIIP) and arrested Bhawanipatna Central Cooperative Bank, Khariar branch’s former manager Ashok Hota and Bijaya Sahish on Monday.
When Hota and Sahish were sent to jail custody, a third accused in the case Luhar is still absconding. “Our district office was closely observing the activities of the accused persons for past one month when it got a report of fraudulent transaction from the Project Director of Rehabilitation & Resettlement (PDRR) division of the LIIP.
Finally, we apprehended the accused persons on August 26 after one Agasti Patel of Kanabira, which is one of the affected villages of the LIIP, filed a FIR,” said Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Khariar Santanu Kumar Das. Agasti Patel in his FIR had mentioned that the documents submitted to the LIIP’s R&R division were fakes.
Sahish, who is a reporter in an electronic media, however, has denied his involvement in the racket. “I am not involved in the case. I don’t know what Balabhadra Parabhoi has done. I am unable to understand why the police were entangling me with the activity of Parabhoi,” Sahish said.
But the police are of the view that there is prima face proof of Sahish’s involvement in the racket.  “The accused persons were running a racket and we think the number of people involved in this scam would be much more, including the staff members of LIIP,” the SDPO revealed.
Meanwhile, the police have seized several documents related to the fraud from the office of the Nuapada Zilla Sambadika Sangha (NZSS) located at Khariar. There were 198 passport size photographs, five fake voter identity cards looking like original, 71 Xerox copies of voter identity cards, 13 sets of filled bank account opening forms, identification certificates given by the Sarpanchs of Chindaguda and Pendrawan Gram Panchayats and moreover a five-page list of accounts carrying details of transactions made by the accused persons with the people who were identified as Displaced Persons (DPs). Sahish happens to be the President of the NZSS, where these documents were found.
“We have also seized the computer and the laptop from the house of Bijaya Sahish for further investigation,” revealed Khariar IIC Sibram Sahu. Looking at the serious nature of the case, the SP has deputed another police officer to Khariar police station.
“The modus operandi of the racket is very organized and structured. They have created fake DPs by showing more number of siblings of some DPs. Photographs of people who are shown as the DPs are taken and the voter cards are generated. Bank accounts are also opened in the BCCB in the same manner. Other documents and papers required as proofs for identification of the DPs like land pattas, identification certificates by the Panchayat heads etc. are also generated. Finally, the claim applications are submitted to the PDR&R for approval,” revealed the SDPO. “Without the involvement of the officials of the R&R office and several other people, it would not have been possible,” added the SDPO.
Eleven such cases were traced by the Project Director of R&R, where he became suspicious and filed the FIR. This was followed by another FIR by Agasti Patel, which provided the clue to determine the racket.
The SDPO has revealed that two more cases have been filed on Monday by the villagers of Jagannathpali, which is another affected village.
“These FIRs also reveal about the involvement of the same accused persons. As far as the investigation is concerned, the total fraudulent transaction would be about Rs 1 crore,” the SDPO revealed.
“The case should be transferred to some special investigation branch like the Vigilance or the Crime Branch. There are hundreds of such fraudulent cases which should be unearthed through special audit and investigation,” said Sanjaya Tiwari of Krushak Sakti Sangathana.

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