College secretary arrested for misappropriating funds

Kendrapara (Odisha), Sep 17 (PTI) Secretary of aprivate residential college in Kendrapara town of Odisha wasarrested today on charges of cheating and misappropriatingmoney from students. Around 60 students and their guardians filed an FIRwith the Kendrapara Sadar police station yesterday and allegedthe secretary of a local college refused to provide transfercertificates, other documents and money to them after therented college building was locked by the house owner recentlydue to non-payment of rent, said Sub-Divisional Police Officer(SDPO) of Kendrapara, Purnachandra Pradhan. "They also alleged that college secretary Umesh Sahooabused them when they demanded their money back. Acting on theFIR of the students and their parents, we have arrested Sahootoday under sections 420 (cheating), 294 (using obscenelanguage) and 506 (criminal intimation). The case is beinginvestigated," he said. The arrested person was produced before the Court ofSub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) in Kendrapada onSaturday. The court rejected his bail application and remandedhim in jail custody, added the police officer. PTI COR SKNDKB