India, Feb. 8 -- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha police have arrested two persons linked to an iron ore loading agency in connection with a fraud and misappropriation case amounting to over Rs.35 crore.

The accused-- the Gandhamardhan Loading Agency & Transporting Cooperative Society Ltd's former president Manas Ranjan Barik and its Utkal Das-- were arrested from Suakati in Keonjhar district and later presented before the designated court under the Odisha Protection of Interests of Depositors (OPID) Act in Balasore town.

EOW officials said the Gandhamardhan Loading Agency, which handles iron ore loading from mines operated by the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), allegedly used forged documents to carry out the fraud. Betw...