The Sadar police here on Thursday arrested two persons in connection with a fraud and forgery case. The accused were identified as Gaynendra Das, 28, of Gondia in Dhenkanal district and Suraj Mallick, 36, of Tihidi in Bhadrak.
Both were associated with a prawn processing and exporting unit, Highland Marine Group, having its head office at Alupur, Baleswar and allegedly committed a fraud of Rs 80 lakh. Police said that based on an FIR lodged by the company on August 24, the duo were apprehended and forwarded to judicial custody.
Gyanendra, an employee of Highland Marine Group, deployed in another shrimp processing unit at Mukundapur in Kolkata, was looking after storing and dispatching of shrimps. He in connivance with Suraj by manipulating and forging documents sold shrimps worth about Rs 80 lakh in an unauthorised manner for wrongful gains.
Further probe is underway in order to ascertain whether more people of the company were involved in the crime, said Sadar PS IIC Ashok Nayak.