STF Arrests 5th Accused; Man Had Links To Mangalore Blast Case

Odisha Crime Branch Special Task Force (STF) has arrested another accused in the infamous Public Prosecution Office participation scam where the accused shared the Public Prosecutor’s Office with Pakistani intelligence agents. The accused has been identified as Pritam Kar, a resident of Bhurunga village under Bari Police Ramchandrapur border in Jaipur district.

According to the preliminary investigation, the arrested suspects had links with the ISI and also provided SIM cards to their clients. It was also reported that the accused earned Rs. by sharing OTP with Pak agents.

STF SP Kishore Kumar Panigrahi said, “Pritam is fifth accused of OTP sharing scam. He was in direct contact with PaK ISI agent, and it was revealed that he recently received Rs 1.5 lakh for selling OTP to pak agents.”

The accused met with multiple ISIS agents on multiple occasions.

The police also confiscated 16 mobile phones, SIM card, PAN card, bank password, debit card and some suspicious documents from the arrested suspect.

During the investigation, it was also revealed that Pritam had links with the terrorists involved in last year’s Mangalore blast.

Earlier, Pritam was interrogated by the National Intelligence Agency. He was the admin of the Whatsapp group called “All save AC available” which has 113 members. They share OTP through this group.

The investigation team plans to take Pritam in remand for interrogation.

“During the investigation, it was revealed that the SIM card and debit card used by the accused in last year’s Mangalore blast were provided by Pritam. Further investigation is underway. STF is likely to take remand for further questioning,” Kishore Kumar Panigrahi said.

Last month, STF arrested 3 people from Nayagarh and one from Jajpur on charges of sharing OTP with Pakistani ISI agents.

The investigation team will soon move out of the state after obtaining evidence of out-of-state links in this regard.