One retired, 2 serving Navy staff held for duping Agniveers on job promise

KHURDA police on Thursday arrested a retired and two serving Indian Navy officers for allegedly cheating Agniveer aspirants on the promise of facilitating their recruitment in the armed forces under the Agnipath scheme.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Bhubaneswar

While prime accused Vinay Kumar Ray (Master Chief at Arms-II) is posted in INS Chilka, his associate Satyam Chahar (electrical artificer apprentice-V) is serving on board INS Kesari in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Another accused, identified as Bhooshan, is a former navy personnel. While Vinay belongs to Bihar, Satyam and Bhooshan are natives of Uttar Pradesh.

Training correspondence officer at INS Chilka, Lieutenant Commander Adwitiya Singh had lodged a complaint with Balugaon police in Khurda alleging he noticed suspicious activities before the training programme of the selected Agniveers began in November, 2024.