Odisha Vigilance arrests three in Rs 55 lakh tank scam

Some public workers in Odisha, India, are in trouble with the police.

They were in charge of fixing up a big water tank called the Patnaik Tank.

The police say the workers wrote down fake numbers in official record books.

The fake numbers made it look like more work was done than actually happened.

Some of the work was never done, and some was done badly.

Because the records looked correct, the government paid out a lot of money, about Rs 1.22 crore.

A check later showed that about Rs 55.69 lakh worth of work was missing or done badly.

Three people, two engineers and one contractor, were arrested.

They were taken to court and may face punishment for cheating and corruption.

The police are still checking whether anyone else was involved.