Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday arrested former Cuttack DSP and present Additional SP of Sunabeda Basanta Kumar Pradhan, former HRPC SC & ST Protection Cell, Cuttack Senior Steno Pracheta Kumar Mishra, Axis Computer, Cuttack proprietor Asutosh Mishra and general manager Chandi Charan Patnaik and Dev Graphics, Cuttack proprietor Mamata Rout for illegal disbursement of `88 lakh to the Axis Computer from the Government.
According to a complaint, former IGP Joydeep Nayak in connivance with the former DSP and other arrested persons showed undue official favour and disbursed an amount of `88,00,000 to the Axis Computer without floating any tender and by furnishing false and fabricated documents, bills, utilisation certificates and flouting orders, for which the Government sustained a huge loss.
The Vigilance case was also registered against Joydeep Nayak. Now, an FIR has been lodged against him.
The DSP and other arrested persons were forwarded to court later in the day.