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Odisha orders spl audit into Thar purchase row
Hindustan Times
|December 23, 2025
Odisha forest and environment minister Ganesh Ram Singh Khuntia has ordered a special audit into alleged irregularities in the controversial purchase and customisation of 51 Mahindra Thar worth ₹12.02 crore.
Khuntia directed the additional chief secretary of the forest, environment and climate change department to fast-track the special audit by the accountant general (A&E), Odisha, leaving no scope for delay in probing what has become a political flashpoint in the state.
The vehicles were bought for ₹7 crore, with each vehicle priced at ₹14 lakh. However, an additional ₹5.02 crore was later spent on renovating and modifying the vehicles, the minister had informed.
This story is from the December 23, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times.
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