Bhubaneswar, Jan. 28 -- In the Orissa Rural Housing Development Corporation (ORHDC) corruption case, the Vigilance Court, Bhubaneswar today convicted seven persons including IAS Vinod Kumar. With this, Kumar is convicted for 11th time involving corruption in ORHDC.

The Special Judge, Vigilance, Bhubaneswar awarded rigorous imprisonment to the convicts for a period of three years. The court also directed the six ORHDC officials convicted in the case to pay a penalty of Rs.50,000 each.

The seven convicts are Vinod Kumar, Former Managing Director, ORHDC, Bhubaneswar; Swosti Ranjan Mohapatra, Ex-Company Secretary; Pradeep Kumar Rout, Ex-Accounts Officer; Satya Prakash Behera, Ex-Junior Loan Officer; Janendra Swain, Ex-System Analyst; Umesh ...