Bhubaneswar: The Court of District Judge, Khordha today allowed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to take Khageswar Patra on a 10-day remand for further interrogation in connection with sensational lady blackmailer Archana Nag’s case.
The ED had sought to take Patra on a 15-day remand.
Patra was picked up by the ED on Thursday for his alleged links with Archana Nag and her husband Jagabandhu Chand in connection with the extortion case against Nag registered at the Khandagiri police station.
He was arrested by the ED in the forenoon today following a marathon grilling.
Later he was forwarded to court where the ED sought to take him on a 15-day remand for further questioning.
He happened to be the business partner of Archana Nag’s husband Jagabandhu Chand.
Patra had moved the High Court pleading his innocence in the matter to avoid arrest.
