Bhubaneswar, Sept. 18 -- A Special Vigilance Court in Balasore today sentenced a retired Assistant Civil Supplies Officer and a retired Store-cum-Godown Assistant to three years of rigorous imprisonment for misappropriating large quantities of rice meant for the Public Distribution System (PDS).
The convicts, Jhasaketan Pradhan, former Assistant Civil Supplies Officer, Balasore, and Bijay Kumar Nayak, former Store-cum-Godown Assistant, Rice Receiving Centre (RRC), Balasore, were also fined by the court.
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