Bhubaneswar: The Court of the Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhubaneswar, on Friday convicted Vinod Kumar, IAS, Ex-Managing Director, Orissa Rural Housing Development Corporation (ORHDC), Bhubaneswar; Purna Chandra Das, Ex-Executive Director, Technical, ORHDC, Bhubaneswar; Pradeep Kumar Rout, Ex-Accounts officer, ORHDC, Bhubaneswar; and Ashok Kumar Nanda, Secretary, VIKASH (NGO), Bhubaneswar, for corruption in ORHDC.
All the four convicts were charge-sheeted by Odisha Vigilance in a case vide Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhubaneswar, under Sections 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and under Sections 420/120-B IPC.
According to an official release issued by Odisha Vigilance, the convicts Vinod Kumar, Ex-MD, Purna Chandra Das, Ex-Executive Director and Pradeep Kumar Rout, Ex-Accounts officer were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years and to pay a fine of Rs 25,000, and in default of payment of fine, to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for two months on each count for the offence under Section 13 (2) r/w 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988/420/120-B IPC.
The other convict Ashok Kumar Nanda, Secretary, VIKASH (NGO), was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years and to pay a fine of Rs 25,000, and in default of payment of the fine, to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for two months each for the offence under Sections 420/120-B IPC.
This is the ninth conviction involving corruption in ORHDC by Vinod Kumar, IAS, Ex-MD, ORHDC and other officials by hatching a criminal conspiracy with private persons.
A detailed report follows.
