The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the State Crime Branch (CB) has arrested two rice mill owners for misappropriation of government rice worth over Rs 4 crore, informed CB Special DG BK Sharma through Twitter on Saturday. Those arrested are Dilip Agrawal of Sabitri Industries, Barchana, and Pankaj Agrawal of Ganapati Industries, Bhadrak.
While Dilip is accused of non-delivery of rice worth nearly Rs 3 crore after taking paddy from Agricultural Cooperative Societies, Pankaj is accused of non-delivery of rice worth Rs 1.22 crore after taking paddy from Agricultural Cooperative Societies, said Sharma.
FIRs had earlier been filed in this regard by the Odisha State Civil Supplies Corporation. The EOW had registered two cases and formed two teams to investigate into the offences.