Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance arrested four former Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) secretaries for allegedly embezzling government funds to the tune of Rs 64 lakh.
The accused have been identified as Bhubaneswar Sahu, former secretary, Katarbaga PACS; Bhagaban Patel, former secretary, Talab PACS in Sambalpur; Chhabila Behera and Kantilal Bhoi, both ex-secretaries of Kansingha PACS in Bargarh. district
Vigilance said in a statement on Saturday that the accused were arrested for embezzling public money in their PACSs totalling Rs.64,13,730/- related to collected loan repayment amounts and sale proceeds of fertiliser.
The officials allegedly committed the fraud by abusing their official power and manipulating the entries in the day book of the above societies and by way of making withdrawals beyond the limits from the savings bank deposits accounts of members.
Cases have been registered with Sambalpur Vigilance on March 28 under sections 13(2) r/w 13(1)(a) PC Amendment Act, 2018/477-A/201/409 IPC against the above accused persons. They will be forwarded today to the Court.
