By Biswanath Dash
BHUBANESWAR: On the request of Economic Offences Wing, Bhubaneswar, Bureau of Immigration (BOI)has issued Look out Circular against accused persons, Bhiku Bisoi and Manikandan, both Directorsof M/s Kinney Infotech Pvt. Ltd. in EOW PS Case No. 11 dated 27.04.2022 u/s 406/420/467/468/471/120 B IPC r.w. Sec. 66(C) & 66 (D) of IT Act, 2000.
The above referred case has been registered by taking over investigation of Bhanjanagar PS Case No. 40/2022, on the allegation of huge collection of money from a large number of Job seekers by M/s Kinney Infotech Pvt. Ltd. through its office bearers for providing job/ work from home etc. and subsequent duping the Job seekers to the tune of more than one crore.
Investigation of the case revealed that during the year 2021, accused persons namely Bhiku Bisoi, a native of Ganjam Dist. and Manikandan of Chennai being the Directors of M/s Kinney Infotech Pvt. Ltd. opened its office at Bhanjanagar and employed some agents to persuadethe common people to invest with their company with false assurance of providing the job /workfrom home etc. Being allured, a large number of the unemployed mass had invested crores of rupees with the company with the hope to get Job. But the accused persons misappropriated the invested amounts, closed the office and fled away.
The accused persons are also directors of following other companies.
BISOYI FOOD & BEVERAGE PRIVATE LIMITED
BISOYI REAL ESTATE PRIVATE LIMITED
BISOYI GIFTS & ENTERTAINMENT PRIVATELIMITED
GOMATA DAIRY PRIVATE LIMITED
INDOBRITT TEXTILES PRIVATE LIMITED
BISOYI ELECTRONICS PRIVATE LIMITED
KINNEY INFOTECH PRIVATE LIMITED
Look Out circular is generally issued to alert immigration check posts at airports/seaports etc. to alert law enforcement agency if the wanted person tries to leave the country or arrive inside country from abroad. It is suspected that the accused persons are hiding/ absconding in Malaysia. In the above case, so far more than 100 duped investors have been identified who have
been cheated of more than Rs. 1 crore. The Hon’ble trial court i.e. SDJM, Bhanjanagar has issued NBW against both the accused – Bhiku Bisoi and Manikandan. Four office bearers of the M/s Kinney Infotech Pvt. Ltd. engaged in unauthorized collection of public deposits have been arrested and forwarded to court. They are still in judicial custody.
In addition, it is also requested that anyone giving credible information leading to arrest of the above noted accused persons will be suitably rewarded. The information can be given on theMobile number 9439216451. The name/details of the informer will be kept secret.Toll free No.18003457103
