Seven persons including five engineers, an accounts officer and a contractor was arrested by State Vigilance on Thursday on charges of misappropriation of Government money amounting to Rs 43,16,044.
(1) Sri Bimal Chandra Dash,
Superintending Engineer (Retd.) , R&B Circle, Cuttack
(2) Sri Sudhir Kumar Panda,
Executive Engineer (Retd.), R&B Division-II, Cuttack
(3) Sri Rajanikanta Dalabehera, AEE
(4) Sri Rabinarayan Sahu, AE
(5) Sri Ranjan Kumar Debata, AE
(6) Sri Abanikanta Rout,
Divisional Accounts Officer (Retired)
(7) Sri Trupti Ranjan Debata, contractor
As alleged, the above mentioned government money had been misappropriated during construction of bridge over Taladanda Canal near Nayabazar, Cuttack during the year 2014-15 to 2018-19 and the construction work was executed under R&B Division-II, Cuttack.
During tender process, the only bidder Trupti Ranjan Debata submitted his bid papers for award of the work in his favour by furnishing a false “No relation certificate” in violation of terms and conditions of the Tender, though his elder brother Ranjan Kumar Debata was working as Asst. Engineer under R&B Division, Cuttack.The tender was accepted by Bimal Chandra Das, the then Superintending Engineer, R&B Circle, Cuttack for Rs 2,12,53,801 (Rupees Two Crore Twelve lakhs Fifty-Three Thousand Eight Hundred One).
They were arrested today and forwarded to the Court of Special Judge Vigilance, Cuttack in custody. They have been remanded to judicial custody till January, 22, 2020.
