Bhubaneswar: The Khordha District Court on Monday allowed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to take co-accused in the blackmailer Archana Nag sextortion case and her business partner Khageswar Patra again on a three-day remand for further interrogation.
The ED had moved the court to take Patra again on remand for five days alleging that he had not cooperated with the agency’s officials during his earlier remand of 10 days.
Notably, the ED arrested Patra on November 12.
The ED had then sought to take Patra on a 15-day remand, however, the court had allowed the ED to take Patra on a 10-day remand.
According to reports, Patra happened to be the business partner of the couple. He was running a used car dealership business between 2010 and 2019.
After coming in contact with Archana Nag, he expanded his business empire by building a used car showroom in the Hansapal area on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar.
Archana Nag and her husband Jagabandhu Chand have been arrested for allegedly amassing wealth by honey-trapping prominent people in Odisha. Both Nag and Chand are currently lodged in jail.
The ED has reportedly unearthed bank transaction links between the couple and Patra and seized mobile, computer, hard disk, and other incriminating material during the raids.
Recently, the ED registered a money laundering case against the couple and their two associates — Patra and Sradhanjali Behera.
