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Odisha Vigilance uncovers ₹9.24 crore government funds siphoned
Published Sunday, September 27, 2026 · Updated September 27
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What We Know — Key Points
Key points are extracted by an AI model and may contain errors or omissions. Always check the original sources.- Between the financial years 2022–23 and 2025–26, Banalata Mohanty and Bibhudutta Nayak, attached to the Office of the Superintending Engineer, Roads & Buildings Division-I, Bhubaneswar, fraudulently generated fake sanction orders and bills.
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- The Hindu
The Odisha Vigilance Directorate has uncovered a fraud where clerical staff at an engineer's office embezzled ₹9.24 crore by processing false bills for gratuity and leave salary in the names of retired employees. The fraudulent bills were processed through the Integrated Financial Management System using substituted bank accounts belonging to relatives and acquaintances of the accused.
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