The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of State Crime Branch on Monday arrested Z-Infra Construction Private Limited MD Prasanna Kumar Patra’ wife for allegedly duping people on the pretext of providing plots to them.
The accused identified as Rasmita Patra, was arrested on the basis of the complaint lodged by a victim Manoranjan Mishra.
Reports said Rasmita along with her other associates had collected money from Mishra promising him to give a plot in Bhubaneswar. But after receiving the payment, the company registered the land with no approach road and other amenities.
Following this, Mishra lodged a complaint with the local police. On basis of the statement of the complainant, a probe was launched.
During the investigation, it was ascertained that the accused had collected about Rs12 crore from more than 300 intending purchasers between 2010 to 2013 for providing housing plots with all amenities at Kansapada near IIT, Bhubaneswar under Jatni Tehsil at a throw away price. Later, Rasmita embezzled the amount without registering the land.
A case No.17 has been registered and the accused arrested under Sections 420/406/467/468/471/120-B of the IPC, and Section 6 of OPID Act. On August 7, 2018, accused Rasmita’s husband Prasanna Kumar Patra, was arrested and forwarded to court on similar charges.