Archive · 12 Sep 2026
Odisha Vigilance Arrests Two Officials Over Alleged Fund Misuse
Odisha Vigilance arrested two government officials in separate cases.
The department says both officials may have misused public money.
Chintamani Mallick was formerly a secretary at a primary agriculture cooperative society.
Investigators allege that more than Rs 14.22 lakh was misappropriated in his case.
They say some seed-sale money was not recorded and that false account entries were made.
Ashis Naik was a forester in an Odisha forest division.
Investigators allege that he used fake and inflated bills to misappropriate Rs 7.41 lakh.
The allegations relate to different government programs and financial years.
Odisha Vigilance arrested two government officials in separate alleged fund-misappropriation cases.
Former cooperative society secretary Chintamani Mallick allegedly misappropriated over Rs 14.22 lakh.
Mallick’s case involves unrecorded seed-sale proceeds, false balances and fictitious bank deposits.
Forester Ashis Naik allegedly misappropriated Rs 7.41 lakh through fake and inflated bills.
The alleged offenses occurred across multiple financial years, including 2025-26 for Naik’s case.
- Who
- Odisha Vigilance arrested former cooperative society secretary Chintamani Mallick and forester Ashis Naik.
- What
- The two officials were arrested in separate cases involving alleged misappropriation of government funds.
- When
- The arrests were announced on Thursday; the alleged transactions covered financial years from 2016-17 through 2025-26.
- Where
- The cases concern Juba Primary Agriculture Cooperative Society in Balangir district and the Athagada forest division in Odisha.
- Why
- Odisha Vigilance alleges that Mallick concealed or falsified financial records and that Naik submitted fake and inflated bills.
- Arresting agency
- Odisha Vigilance department
- Officials arrested
- Chintamani Mallick and Ashis Naik
- Mallick’s alleged amount
- Over Rs 14.22 lakh
- Naik’s alleged amount
- Rs 7.41 lakh
- Mallick’s former position
- Secretary of Juba Primary Agriculture Cooperative Society under Belpada block
- Naik’s position
- Then forester in Athagada forest division; currently posted at the office of the DFO, Kataka
- Scheme cited in Naik’s case
- Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority scheme