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Four forest department officials have been arrested on the charges of embezzlement of government funds to the tune of Rs 80 lakh under compensatory afforestation scheme in Kalahandi, the Vigilance department officials informed on Tuesday. The accused have been identified as Deputy Ranger Sairendri Bag (In-charge) Jayapatna Range, foresters Umesh Rout and Debraj Sunani and Forest Guard Ashok Sahu.
The Vigilance officials informed that an investigation was conducted based on credible inputs regarding large scale misappropriation of Government funds under "Compensatory Afforestation Scheme" in Jaypatana Range of Kalahandi, South Forest ...