The Special Judge, Vigilance, Phulbani convicted Mursunda Gram Panchayat under Boudh block former secretary Kishore Chandra Pradhan for bungling of PDS rice.
The court sentenced Pradhan to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) for a period of six years and pay fine of `5,000. In default of payment of fine, he is further to undergo RI for 5 months in total.
It relates to a Brahmapur Vigilance case, which was registered against Pradhan for misappropriation of PDS rice of 431.59 kg amounting to `2, 76,585. He was entrusted with utilisation of rice in different developmental works of Mursunda Gram Panchayat. Pradhan was facing a trial.