Bhubaneswar, Nov. 22 -- Odisha Vigilance on Saturday arrested the Secretary of the Kadopada Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society (PACS) in Deogarh district on charges of financial fraud and embezzlement of public funds amounting to Rs.40,71,644.
The arrest comes after an in-depth investigation by Odisha Vigilance officers, which revealed that the accused, Sahu, systematically siphoned off funds by manipulating official accounting records.
The fraud directly affected the financial stability of the cooperative and harmed the local farming community.
A key finding of the investigation was the deliberate manipulation of the PACS Day Book,its primary book of original entry.
Sahu failed to record loan repayments made by loanee farmers, de...