By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: With Honeytrap couple Archana Nag and hubby Jagabandhu faced off with co-accused Sradhanjali Behera before ED, the Central agency, also questioned some employees of two established jewellery shops in Bhubaneswar regarding purchase of ornaments by Archana Nag and her husband Jagabandhu Chand. The jewellery shops have reportedly produced all related documents.
Sradhanjali Behera, faced 12-hour-long grilling session with the infamous couple Archana Nag and her husband Jagabandhu Chand. Sradhanjali said that she has given all information to the investigation agency asked from her. The ED officials made the trio sit face-to-face and queried them from various aspects.
Arachana and her husband , Jagabandhu were booked under Sections 341, 328, 324, 354 – C, 370, 386/387/388, 389, 419/420, 465, 506, 120 – B of IPC and Section 66 -E, 67 of IT Act and presently lodged at Jharpada Special Jail and were on ED remand.
Archana allegedly amassed over Rs 50 crore along with her husband between 2018 and 2022 by blackmailing and threatening some politicians and rich people.
ED has revealed that Archana Nag and Jagabandhu had purchased luxury cars worth over Rs 5 crore in just five years. Archana bought a Range Rover Velar for a whopping 83 Lakh rupees during the COVID-19 lockdown. She also owns a Ford Endeavour car, which costs about 40 lakh rupees. Apart from these, Archana also has a Mahindra Thor of Red colour that is worth 18 lakh to 20 lakh rupees, two white Fortuner cars worth over 80 Lakh and a BMW car worth more than 50 lakh rupees.