Bhubaneswar, Aug 28: The Odisha Vigilance officials have arrested Bijay Kumar Agrawal, Special Class Contractor and his Power of Attorney holder Deepak Kumar Agrawal. They have been arrested by for misappropriation of government funds in the construction of four 100-seated hostels for SC students in Sonepur district.
The duo was absconding from their residence at Balangir since the initiation of vigilance inquiry into the matter. They were apprehended by a team of vigilance from Rourkela and are now being examined at the Vigilance Cell Division Office in Cuttack.
Based on reliable inputs about misappropriation of funds and substandard work in construction of four 100 seated hostels in Sonepur district, technical inspection of all four buildings was conducted by the technical wing of Odisha Vigilance.
During preliminary surface technical evaluation, large-scale cracks, seepages, low width of roof plaster, use of poor quality wood materials against prescribed sal wood, use of non standard low quality electrical and sanitary fittings instead of prescribed branded products, and many other deviations were detected. Following this, the case was registered.
