BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha crime branch's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has arrested two fraudster brothers for misappropriating a government subsidy worth Rs 6.81 crores intended for the supply of agricultural equipment to farmers, according to an official.

According to Sanjeeb Panda, additional director general (ADG), crime branch, the accused are Manas Ranjan Dash, director of Sheetal Agro Inputs Pvt. Ltd., and his brother Tapas Kumar Dash, proprietor of Mishita Enterprises in Jagatsinghpur district.

Both were arrested on Wednesday and will appear at the SDJM court in Jagatsinghpur.

According to Panda, the accused used fake invoices to demonstrate the delivery of 504 agricultural equipment items to beneficiaries and took the lion's share of the subsidy money. He said, they looted Rs 6.81 crore in subsidies meant for farmers and other recipients.

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