Jajpur (Odisha), Feb. 24 -- Altogether 894 ineligible people have fraudulently received benefits under an old-age pension scheme in Odisha's Jajpur district and have been asked to return the money, officials said on Sunday.
These people have availed of the financial benefit under the old-age pension scheme by allegedly producing fake documents, they said.
The fraud came to the fore at Binjharpur block of Jajpur district, following which the officials swung into action.
"We inquired about an allegation from the block that ineligible people were receiving old age pensions by producing fake documents. During the probe, we detected 894 fake beneficiaries in at least 29 gram panchayats, who were taking old age pension fraudulently by producin...