Three persons were arrested and forwarded to the court of Sub-Collector Siddharth Shankar Swain on Wednesday in connection with OPDR Bank certificate fraud in Ganjam district.
The arrestees were Pradeep Ranjan Padhi, Ramesh Chandra Patnaik and Jaygopal Patra, who had allegedly defrauded Rs 80,000, Rs 93,500 and Rs 60,000, respectively.
While Padhi and Patnaik deposited the full amounts, Patra asked for two months time to deposit his amount.As the charge of the OPDR bank case was given to the Sub-Collector, he had conducted a camp court on April 21 at Bhanjanagar in which many accused were absent.
However, a case was registered on June 19; and in first phase, the aforesaid three persons were arrested by the Sorada police on June 26.
If anyone breaks the rules and regulations of the OPDR bank certificate, strict action would be taken against the person, said Sub-Collector Swain.