Bhubaneswar, Jan 23: Economic Offence Wing of Crime Branch has arrested a retired Colonel Rakesh Rana for his involvement in a land fraud case in Bhubaneswar’s Giringiput mouza.
Rana, who was arrested in New Delhi was produced before the Delhi Dwarka Metropolitan magistrate and brought to Odisha on a transit remand.
Special DG Crime Branch BK Sharma said today that “An NGO was set up in the name of Sainik Welfare Organization in Delhi by Rana and others. In 2011, the organization promised to provide land at Bhubaneswar’s Giringaput Mouza under a plotting scheme by July 2012. However, the investors were neither provided the land nor their money was refunded. Subsequently, in July 2015 a case was registered with EOW.”
“As many as 542 ex-servicemen have been duped to the tune of Rs 30cr by the organization.
In this connection, two other persons identified as Purna Chandra Panda and Pradipta Kumar Barik, have already been arrested and forwarded to court,” he added.
