The Garabandha police on Monday arrested and court-forwarded Machhamara Revenue Inspector Nalini Kant Patnaik on the charge of illegally withdrawing lakhs of rupees as loans from a bank in the name of 29 tribal persons belonging to Odaling village under the Rayagada block in Gajapati district.
The mater came to the fore when the tribals, who have never been to the SBI branch at Paralakhemundi, received notices regarding loan repayment from the bank. A case in this regard was registered in the police station under the Gosani block on August 3, 2013.
Police arrested the RI basing on an investigation report which revealed that he, while was posted as RI in Gurandi, had withdrawn loans in the tribals’ names by showing forged documents. The court rejected his bail plea and sent him to jail custody, sources said.