By Biswanath Dash
BHUBANESWAR: .On the request of Economic Offences Wing, Bhubaneswar, Bureau of Immigration (BoI)has issued Look out Circular against accused Manoj Kumar Panda, Director of M/s Odyssa Homes& Commercials Pvt. Ltd. in EOW PS Case No.14 dt.23.08.2022 u/s 406/420/467/468/471/120-BIPC r.w. Sec. 6 of OPID Act, 2011.The above referred case has been registered on the basis of the written allegation ofRanjan Kumar Mohapatra, an employee of TCS regarding cheating to him and many otherinvestors to the tune of Rs.20 Crores by the Directors of M/s Odyssa Homes & Commercials Pvt.Ltd. on the pretext of providing them dispute free flats in its Apartment Project namely, ‘GanapatiHomes’ located in Sampur Mouza, Bhubaneswar near Kalinga Studio, in front of SOS Village.
It was found during investigation the Directors of the accd. company M/s Odyssa Home& Commercials Pvt. Ltd. during the period from 2013 to 2016 collected around Rs.20 Cr. from 42investors to provide them with flats at their project ‘Ganapati Homes’ promising them to supplythe complete flats by 2018 and necessary agreement and MOUs were also executed to thateffect. But, till now no flat has ever been allotted to any of the investors. Rather, in order to cheatthe investors, the Directors of the company knowingly lingering the process to handover the plotsand in the meanwhile have also resold seven flats out of them to other customers.It was also found during investigation the company and its Directors have also cheated somany other investors in their different projects and with criminal intention have deliberatelymade multiple transactions of the flats against which they have already received substantialamount.
It was also found that criminal cases have been registered at different police stationsand complaint cases have been instituted in the jurisdictional courts against the Directors of M/sOdyssa Homes & Commercials Pvt. Ltd. The present accused Manoj Kumar Panda was headingall affairs of the company and has cheated so many investors in their different projects in thename of giving flats/lands.The accused Manoj Kumar Panda is one of the three Directors of M/s Odyssa Homes &Commercials Pvt. Ltd. Shri Arabindo Santra, MD of the company has already been arrested andforwarded in the case, and he is still in judicial custody.
The two other Directors Manoj KumarPanda and Saroj Panda are absconding in order to evade the police arrest.Look Out circular is generally issued to alert immigration check posts at airports/seaportsetc. to alert law enforcement agency, if the wanted person tries to leave the country or arriveinside country from abroad.Further, it is requested that anyone giving credible information leading to arrest of theabove noted accused persons will be suitably rewarded. The information can be given on theMobile number 8895301539. The name/details of the informer will be kept secret.Investigation of the case is continuing.#######Toll free No.18003457103
