EOW arrests Cashier of Block & Bank Employee Embezzlement of Govt Fund

Bureau,Odishabarta

Bhubaneswar: Economic Offences Wing, Bhubaneswar has arrested two accused persons namely, Nihar Ranjan Das, cashier of Block Office, Balikuda and Sanjay Samal, office Assistant of Union Bank of India, Arilo Branch, Dist. Jagatsinghpur in EOW PS Case U/s 420/409 IPC.

Accused Nihar Ranjan Das was arrested on Monday and being forwarded to court, On request  SDJM, Jagatsinghpur has remanded him to judicial custody.

Accused Sanjay Samal is being forwarded to the same court today i.e. on 06.07.2021. They are forwarded u/s 420/409/403/ 467/468/471/477(A)/120 B IPC.

EOW, Bhubaneswar initiated investigation of this case by taking over a case registered with Balikuda PS (Dist. Jagatsinghpur) on the basis of a complaint filed by Sri Kalyan Saurav Dash, BDO, Balikuda. It was alleged in the FIR that the then Branch Manager, Union Bank of India, Arilo, Jagatsinghpur had unauthorisedly debited an amount of Rs. 2,63,65,089/- from the official accounts of BDO, Balikuda and misappropriated the amount.

Investigation revealed that BDO, Balikuda has been officially maintaining two saving bank accounts with Corporation Bank (now Union Bank of India), Arilo branch, Balikuda for dealing with the funds received under Ama Gaon Ama Bikash scheme and for Critical Gap Fund. During the local fund audit held during December, 2020, the BDO came to know that there was unauthorised debit of Rs. 2,61,89,272/- and Rs. 1,75,817/- from the accounts maintained for Ama Gaon Ama Bikash fund and Critical Gap Fund respectively.

It has been transpired during investigation conducted so far that accused Nihar Ranjan Das during the relevant period was working as the Cashier in the Block office and was dealing with the accounts. A considerable amount out of the above mentioned public money found having diverted to his personal account. Similarly, an amount of Rs. 20 lakhs approx. has been diverted to the personal account of accused Sanjay Samal, who is an employee of Union Bank of India (erstwhile Corporation Bank), Arilo, Jagatsignhpur. It has also been ascertained that out of the said diverted amount of Rs. 20 lakhs, a major amount has been routed through the then Branch Manager of the bank, Jugal Kishore Rout. It is also ascertained that the accused Branch Manager Jugal Kishore Rout had committed suicide on 01.01.2021, after the crime came to be known.Investigation of the case is continuing.