India, March 13 -- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Crime Branch today arrested Biju Yuva Janata Dal's state vice-president Soumya Shankar Chakra, popularly known as Raja Chakra, in connection with a multi-crore scam connected to the Gandhamardhan Loading Agency & Transporting Co-operative Society Ltd.

On the basis of a complaint filed by a villager residing near the Gandhamardan mines in Keonjhar district, the EOW had registered a case under sections 406, 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, and 120-B of the IPC on February 7 and started an investigation into the matter.

The complainant alleged large-scale irregularities in the functioning of the Gandhamardan Loading Agency and misappropriation of cooperative funds meant for village...