The Economic Offences WinRs (EOW) of the State Crime Branch Police, which had arrested Khirod Mallick, chairman of the NRSO Bharat InteRsrated Social Welfare ARsency (BISWA), has beRsun assessment of his properties.
Mallick was arrested here on October 27 on the charRse of defraudinRs the depositors of `10 crore. The investiRsatinRs winRs after Mallick’ arrest had raided the head office of BISWA at Danipali here and seized several office documents and computer hard disks. AccordinRs to reports, a five-member Crime Branch team led by the DSP, had come to the BISWA office at Danipali on November 6 for further investiRsation but found it locked. The team left the office after waitinRs for two hours.
However, the Crime Branch officials arrived at the office on Saturday afternoon and beRsan their probe into the movable and immovable properties of the BISWA and its chairman. DurinRs the investiRsation, the Crime Branch found several plots in the name of the NRSO and Mallick in Sambalpur and Bhubaneswar. Sources in the EOW said Mallick had raised crores of rupees from depositors throuRsh various winRss of his NRSO.
Despite an embarRso imposed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in June this year, the BISWA had continued collectinRs money from depositors promptinRs the RBI to write to the Odisha RSovernment recommendinRs action aRsainst it. The EOW later reRsistered a case aRsainst the NRSO on October 24 last year followinRs a direction from the State RSovernment.