By Biswanath Dash
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Police STF has arrested a fake vigilance Officer in Puri U/s 419/420/384/387/506/120(B)/34 IPC. The accused Manoj Kumar Majhi was arrested and will be forwarded to the Court of SDJM, Bhubaneswar on Sunday. Investigation is going on.All are requested to not to fall in the trap of such impersonators/ Conmen.
During investigation, it was ascertained that accused Manoj Kumar Majhi S/o Debendra Majhi of Phulbari under Titipa under Krushna Prasad block of Puri ,who impersonated himself as SP, Vigilance and demanded Rs 1 Crore from the complaint ( An Additional Chief engineer) as well as other persons.
Accordingly raid was conducted in his village i.e. Phulbari PO: Titipa PS. Krushnaprasad Dist. Puri on6.5.2023 and was apprehended. During interrogation the accused admitted thathe was trying to extort money from various government officials as well as some contractors impersonating himself as a senior vigilance officer. It is also ascertained that the accused had cheated some persons promising to arrange Govt Job too. The investigation, so far, reveals that the accused is a highly qualified person having qualification of MSc in Chemistry & PhD Degree from Sambalpur University and has tried to cheat/ extort at least following persons.S.E, R & B, Div BbsrE.E, R & B, R.Rpur, MbjE.E, PWD, BaripadaS.E, R & B, R.RpurPA to ITDA, KoraputPD, DRDA, MayurbhanjSpl. SecretaryEIC (C), BbsrA.C.E, KhordhaS.E, KhordhaPD, DRDA, KhordhaDCPO, PuriDCPO, Khordha DCPO, Rayagada E.E, R & B, Div Cuttack and many contractors .
