Koraput, 7/6: In a major development,Today, Odisha Vigilance nabbed Sushree Nibedita Tarai & her live-in partner Nrusingh Prasad Khamari, both linked to Sudhansu Khora, Branch Manager, KCC Bank, Malkangiri, for their alleged involvement in connection with embezzlement of Govt. funds over Rs.1.08 Crore*. Sri Khora, was arrested on 5th May and is currently on police remand under interrogation. The money trail investigation so far revealed that Shri Khora had transferred nearly *Rs 63 lakhs* of the misappropriated amount to his accomplice Sushree Nibedita Tarai and Nrusingh Prasad Khamari as part of a conspiracy to avoid detection. Shri Khora came into contact with Sushree Nibedita Tarai @ Sushree Sulagna through Facebook profile and jointly prepared a plan to siphon off Bank funds. Sri Khamari stated to have been in live-in relationship with Sushree Tarai for a long time.
Separate parallel investigation and interrogation of the fraudster duo Sri Khamari and Susree Tarai has revealed that the duo were professional racketeers and may have cheated a number of persons and committed more such frauds. A case appears to have been registered in Bangalore Police Commissionerate *for a fraud of Rs 14 lakhs* committed by Khamari. Also, *another fraud of Rs 30 lakhs* appear to have been committed by them in Jagatsinghpur. Similar, frauds by the duo in Baripada, Paradip and Bhubaneswar are likely.
*So far 25 Bank accounts of the duo in different banks are being scrutinized by the Finance/Banking experts of Vigilance. Also, 12 Stock trading accounts opened by them are under scrutiny to ascertain money trail and other frauds. During their house searches in Bhubaneswar/Khordha, 33 Mobile phones (of which 27 were damaged after specific crimes to destroy evidence), desktop, tablet, jewellery purchased from the misappropriated money, a drone, high end cameras, etc have been recovered and seized*.
Both Sri Khora and Sushree Nibedita Tarai appear to be running a crime syndicate to enrich themselves intentionally by way of cheating others, which is under investigation.
Detailed report follows.
