Bhubaneswar: Former Managing Director of Orissa Rural Housing Development Corporation (ORHDC), Vinod Kumar who was charge-sheeted by Odisha Vigilance in a case in 2009, was convicted along with Swasti Ranjan Mohapatra, former Company Secretary, ORHDC; Pradip Rout, former Accounts officer; Satyaprakash Behera, Junior Loan Officer, ORHDC; Jnanendra Swain, Asst. System Analyst, ORHDC; and Manoranjan Nayak, M/s Rashmi Mass Construction Pvt Ltd by the Court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhubaneswar today.
Kumar, Mohapatra, Rout, Behera, Swain were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 3 years and to pay fine of Rs 50,000 and in default of payment of fine to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for a period of 6 months on each count for the offence U/s 13 (2) r/w 13(1)(d) P.C Act, 1988. Both sentences are to run concurrently, said an official press release.
Five officers of ORHDC had entered into criminal conspiracy with Manoranjan Nayak, E.D, M/s Rashmi Mass Construction Pvt. Ltd, Bhubaneswar, and by abusing their official position, dishonestly sanctioned house building loans in the names of 6 individuals and disbursed Rs 21,35,000 to M/s Rashmi Mass Construction Pvt Ltd., Bhubaneswar.
Nayak of M/s Rashmi Mass Construction Pvt Ltd., Bhubaneswar was also sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 3 years and to pay fine of Rs 50,000 and in default of payment of fine, to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for a period of 6 months on each count for the offence U/s 420/468/471/120-B IPC. Both sentences are to run concurrently.
