September 18
Odisha Police arrested another accused for his involvement in misappropriation of government subsidy of Rs. 6 crore. He is Lenin Choudhury, a resident of Pakelpada village in Sambalpur district. Earlier, Srinath Rana was arrested by Odisha Police’s Economic Offence Wing.
The Prime accused of the case, Srinath Rana was earlier working as Regional Manager in the Varushapriya Agrotech Pvt. Ltd.. As alleged, he has misappropriated the subsidy amount of Rs 6 crore extended by the government by fraudulently using company’s login ID.
K.G. Sree Charan, Director of Varushapriya Agrotech Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru had filed a complaint with the police alleging that one Srinath Rana misappropriated subsidy amount of Rs 5 crore extended by the government by fraudulently using the company’s login ID.
The company has its branch office at Baramunda, Bhubaneswar and was dealing with the business of supply of paddy trans-planters to the farmers.
Accused Srinath Rana was authorized to register the sale of machinery in Odisha and to facilitate subsidies to the beneficiaries/ farmers by accessing the Odisha government’s Agriculture Department website– www.agrisnetodisha.ori.nic.in by using the login ID and password meant exclusively for the company.
