The Sundargarh police have registered case against a
person on Thursday allegedly for fraudulently taking compensation
amount of Rs 21,10,038.82 from the Mahanadi Coalfields Limited,
impersonating himself as original awardee by making forged documents.
The original awardee, who is his brother-in-law, had passed away during
the year 2018.
As per an FIR lodged in Hemigir police station of Sundargarh on
Wednesday evening by Deputy General Manager, Disbursement Cell,
Mahanadi Coalfields Limited(MCL), Basundhara area Akhilesh Verma,
he had appeared before the Claim Commission on April 8, 2022 in
connection with hearing of Civil Case No.71/2020 pertaining to
disbursement of compensation against acquisition of land(Khata
No.184) of village Gopalpur under Hemgir police station.
While the records were verified it was noticed that one Chaitaram Baiga
of Gopalpur had fraudulently received compensation amounting Rs
21,10,038.82 impersonating himself as Chaitaram Dhanuar, by
producing forged documents. Fraud Baiga also produced two witnesses
namely Niranjan Pradhan and Parameswar Amat of village Gopalpur.
Significantly, fraud Chaitaram Baiga is the brother-in-law(brother of
Chaitram Dhanuar’s wife of Chaitaram Dhanuar).
Dhanuar was supposed to receive Rs 21,10,038.82 as compensation
amount against acquisition of his land by MCL, Basundhara area but
Dhanuar had passed away during the year 2018 and had not received the
compensation amount. After the death of Dhanuar, his brother-in-
law(wife’s brother) Chaitraram Baiga had planned to swindle the
compensation amount of Dhanuar and accordingly had later shown
Dhanuar is alive by making forged document impersonating himself as
original awardee Chaitram Dhanuar.
Based on the FIR, Hemgir police registered a case against Chaitaram
Baiga and his two witnesses Niranjan Pradhan and Parameshwar Amat
on Thursday under IPC section 467, 468, 420 and 34 IPC and have
started investigating the case.