Odisha politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen frightened by the arrest of a woman on charges of extortion

The woman and her husband are said to have amassed vast sums of money, built palatial buildings, owned expensive cars and founded a company in a short time.

The woman and her husband are said to have amassed vast sums of money, built palatial buildings, owned expensive cars and founded a company in a short time.

The arrest of a woman involved in blackmailing using obscene pictures and videos appears to have upset many politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen in Odisha.

A woman named Archana Nag was arrested by the police on Friday. His bail application has been rejected in the local court. All this came to the fore when an unidentified girl lodged a complaint against well-known Odia filmmaker Akshay Parija at the police station alleging sexual harassment.

Mr. Parija lodged another complaint in the police station that the woman Archana Nag and another woman Tribute Behera had demanded an extortion of 3 crores from him. “They issued a threat. If I fail to pay the said amount, they will tear me to pieces,” the filmmaker said in his complaint.

As the woman’s arrest became public, her and her husband’s social media accounts showed just how powerful the couple was. The palatial building that the couple built was no less than a star hotel. He spent crores of rupees on interior design.

Former president Surya Narayan Patro, former Congress MLA Kailash Chandra Kulesika, former divisional railway manager Anoop Kumar Satpathy were seen posing for photographs inside the palace. The pictures were posted by her husband Jagbandhu Chand on the social networking site. Persons like a renowned hotelier, a jeweler, a senior IAS officer and a legislator’s son were said to be regular visitors to the house.

ST, SC, Development, Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare and Law Minister Jagannath Sarka, who was photographed with the woman’s husband, denied knowing her.

Bhubaneshwar Deputy Commissioner of Police Prateek Singh said that Nag was booked under sections 387, 420 and 506 of the IPC and certain sections of the IT Act on the basis of an FIR lodged by Behera (another woman), which accused the woman of intimacy. was accused of exploiting her. Video.

According to the police, Nag, a resident of Kalahandi district, used to befriend the victims, film them with men and later blackmail them using videos. She allegedly used to send these girls to influential persons.

Mr Singh said a pen drive, laptop and bank passbook were confiscated from his house and bank details and transactions were checked. The couple also owned a macaw, exotic dog and horse. The woman and her husband are said to have amassed vast sums of money, built palatial buildings, owned expensive cars and founded a company in a short time.