Bhubaneswar: A week after she was granted bail by the Orissa High Court in the ED case on December 5, honey trap case accused Archana Nag was released from Jharpara Jail in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday morning. Her husband Jagabandhu Chand arrived at the prison gate to take Archana home.
However, the court granted her bail with some riders. She has to deposit her passport with the police, not leave the city without permission, and appear before the court whenever required. Talking to the media, Archana said, “I am a law-abiding citizen of India and will cooperate with the inquiry.”
It is worth mentioning here that during her period in prison, Archana had threatened to expose many influential personalities whom she alleged had framed her in blackmail cases. Thus far, she was prevented from speaking anything in this regard, but now she is free to talk to the media on the issue. So, it remains to be seen what Archana does next.
It is worth mentioning here that three cases were lodged against Archana Nag at the Nayapalli and Khandagiri police stations in Bhubaneswar in 2022 and another case by the ED. She was booked under several Sections of the IPC and IT Act. The ED had arrested Nag in October 2022.
During a probe by the police and the ED charged her under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), instituted a complaint against Nag, and seized a vehicle worth around Rs 40 lakh. In addition, they seized a three-story building having an approximate market value of Rs 3.6 crore.
Nag and her associates had allegedly extorted crores of rupees from affluent people by blackmailing them of releasing their intimate videos, captured by the accused after honey-trapping them.
