Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance on Thursday arrested a former Secretary-cum-Chief Executive of a Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society (PACS) in Balangir district on charges of financial fraud and embezzlement of society funds.

The accused, identified as Kushadhwaja Sahu, is a former Secretary-cum-Chief Executive of Pandamunda PACS under Patnagarh Block in the district. ADVERTISEMENT

Investigation conducted by officers of Vigilance revealed a calculated misappropriation of government funds of Rs 8,34,489.

The key finding of the investigation points to a deliberate manipulation of official records between financial years. Specifically, Sahu failed to reflect the closing balance amount of the financial year 2017-18 in the opening balance of the subsequent financial year 2018-19, allowin

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