According to an ED official, the action stems from an FIR registered at Police Station Nahan, which led to Satish Kumar’s conviction by the Special Judge, Sirmaur, for offences under the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Reports said that following day-long questioning on Tuesday, all the accused were taken for medical examination at the district hospital and later produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), who sent them to judicial custody.
Police have registered cases against as many as 65 ineligible who reaped the benefit of old age pension social security scheme by way of forging documents in support of date of birth in Odisha’s Kendrapara district.
