Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Tuesday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Shradhanjali Behera, an associate of the lady blackmailer Archana Nag.
Earlier, the court had turned down the interim protection plea of Sharadhanjali and asked her to cooperate with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the investigation. The ED had told the court that she was not cooperating in the probe into the money laundering allegations against the main accused Archana.
Between 2017 and 2022, Shradhanjali appeared before the ED at its Bhubaneswar office twice. During her interrogation, it was revealed that Archana had reportedly deposited a significant amount of ill-begotten money in Shradhanjali’s bank account.
The ED has registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against Archana, her husband Jagabandhu Chand, his business partner Khageswar Patra and Shradhanjali.
Archana Nag is accused of extorting money from influential persons by blackmailing them with videos of intimate moments between her and them.
