India, Oct. 5 -- The Odisha Crime Branch (CB) has recorded the statements of three former bureaucrats, including VK Pandian, in connection with the alleged disappearance of the reports of two inquiry commissions from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO).

This was revealed by Crime Branch Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sarthak Sarangi on Monday.

According to Sarangi, the cops have recorded the statements of VK Pandian and two other former bureaucrats-Rajesh Verma and Manoj Mishra-in connection with the missing CMO files.

Pandian, a 2000-batch IAS officer, was serving as the Private Secretary to then Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik before taking voluntary retirement from his job. He joined the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ahead of the 2024 simu...