Bhubaneswar: Businessman Gangadhar Samal appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday in response to a summon in connection with the Archana Nag case.
Samal, who is owner of a car showroom, had done some financial transactions amounting to about Rs 30 lakh with sextortion scandal accused Archana. He is one among the many persons who have been summoned by the ED for interrogation in the case.
Archana is accused of amassing over Rs 30 crore along with her husband between 2018 and 2022 by blackmailing and threatening some politicians and rich people. The ED has traced Rs 2.5 crore deposits in the bank accounts of Archana and Jagabandhu between 2017 and 2022.
Film producer Akshay Parija had registered a case of blackmail against Archana at the Nayapalli Police Station earlier. He had appeared before the ED on Tuesday and Wednesday. Parija had accused Archana of demanding Rs 3 crore after allegedly capturing his intimate photographs.
