Bhubaneswar: Amid allegations that OTV Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Manoranjan Sarangi was picked up by Crime Branch without notice, Economic Offence Wing (EOW) on Sunday informed that he had been arrested and forwarded to the court in connection with the alleged fraudulent land transactions at Sarua village in Odisha’s Khurda district.
According to an EOW press release, the inquiry ordered by the government revealed that Odisha InfraTech Pvt Ltd had purchased land belonging to scheduled caste persons circumventing rules/laws using forgery/cheating/intimidation and other dubious methods with an intension to cause losses to them.
“Accordingly, a criminal case under Sections 420/423/467/468/471/120-B IPC along with Sections 3 (1) (g) (q) of SC & ST (POA) act was registered and Manoranjan Sarangi, one of the directors of Odiasha InfraTech Pvt Ltd, was arrested today,” it said.
Further investigation is on.
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