Bhubaneswar: A Special Vigilance Court in Balasore on Saturday sentenced Ramesh Chandra Sen, former Secretary of Arnapal Service Co-operative Society (SCS) under BBCC Bank’s Bhadrak Branch in Bhadrak district, to three years of rigorous imprisonment for misappropriation of Society funds.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000.
According to an official press release, Sen had withdrawn money from the Savings Bank Deposit (Thrift) account of the Society maintained at BBCC Bank, Bhadrak Branch, and failed to account for the withdrawn amount.
He was convicted under Section 13(2) read with 13(1)(c)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, and Sections 409/34 of the IPC. Delivering the judgment, the Special Judge, Vigilance, Balasore, awarded him three years of rigorous imprisonment along with the fine.
Following the conviction, Odisha Vigilance will approach the competent authority to stop Sen’s pension benefits, as he had already retired from service.
A detailed report follows.
