Fake labour ID racket uncovered in odisha, probe ordered

By Express News Service
BERHAMPUR: A faux labour id card racket swindling harmless employees of lakhs of rupees has come to the discover of Chhatrapur labour workplace officers right here. The matter got here to mild when some folks of the Sheragad block went to the district labour workplace together with their id playing cards to use for a number of labour advantages. During verification, these playing cards had been discovered to be faux with the seals and signatures solid.

The Odisha authorities has carried out varied schemes and arrange a welfare board for the advantage of labourers engaged in development works to guard them from exploitation. The board has additionally ready an inventory of labourers and issued id playing cards that gives them with advantages together with homes. As per official information, as many as 99,651 development labourers have been registered in Ganjam district. But advantages meant for them are allegedly being reaped by ineligible folks utilizing faux IDs offered by fraudsters.

“We have been intimated lately that people in Chhatrapur, Ganjam, Kabisuryanagar, and Sheragad blocks have fallen prey to fake labour ID racket. We have directed the district labour officers to lodge FIRs with their respective police stations,” mentioned Dipti Ranjan Mohanty, divisional labour commissioner.

It is alleged that no motion is being taken in opposition to the fraudsters as a result of involvement of some influential folks. Reports recommend that such actions are being carried out in faux Jan Seva Kendras and Net Zones the place ration playing cards and labour id playing cards are being offered for a sum of Rs 3000-4000, apart from copies of Aadhar playing cards, images and checking account statements. The victims have demanded high-level investigation into the matter and the perpetrators to be dropped at justice. 

Dr Ramesh Chandra Chaupatnaik, Chairperson of Odisha Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Board, has expressed critical concern over the matter and mentioned that the responsible will face stringent motion. The irony is that varied labour unions are additionally members of the board.