In the financial bungling case in the Odisha Rural Housing Development Corporation (ORHDC), Bhubaneswar, the Vigilance Court Special Judge on Saturday convicted Asish Kumar Nayak against whom earlier the trial court pronounced the sentence to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years and pay a fine of Rs 25,000.
Consequently, Nayak was remanded to the jail custody.
Notably, Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhubaneswar had pronounced judgement on July 3 convicting Vinod Kumar, former Managing Director, Purna Chandra Das, former Executive Director (Technical), Sanjay Mohanty, former Assistant Manager, Pradeep Kumar Rout, former Accounts Officer, Chittaranjan Mallick, Accountant (Contractual) of ORHDC and Nayak, secretary of Gramya Bikas Mancha as they were found guilty for financial bungling and criminal conspiracy in obtaining pecuniary advantage to NGO Gramya Bikas Mancha owned by Nayak.
The court had passed sentence against accused Sanjay Mohanty on July 3 who was present while the sentences against other five absent convicted accused persons were reserved and non-bailable warrants of arrest were issued against them for their production.
Convicted accused Nayak had filed a case in the Orissa High Court against the issue of non-bailable warrant. The High Court rejected his case and directed Nayak to surrender before the trial court.