By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Renowned filmmaker Akshay Parija, who had alleged about honeytrap, on Tuesday afternoon, appeared before Enforcement Directorate here. Parija was quizzed soon after ED interrogates Amiyakant Das, MD of Hotel Sea Pearl in this connection. Parija has arrived at ED office and will be grilled by the official. ED also summoned another accused, Sradhanjali Behera to appear before it.
After summoning 12 persons, the Enforcement Directorate ED on Tuesday, started interrogating people having connection with honeytrap scandal mastermind Archana Nag and her husband Jagabandhu Chand. The first among the 12 appeared before ED was businessman Amiyakant Das, MD of Hotel Sea Pearl.
ED sources said, Amiyakant Das, who involved in hotel business, had deposited Rs 10 lakh in bank accounts of Archana Nag and her husband Jagabandhu Chand in the financial year 2021-22.
The ED officers have already traced Rs 2.5 crore deposits in the bank accounts of Archana and Jagabandhu between 2017 and 2022. She allegedly amassed over Rs 50 crore along with her husband between 2018 and 2022 by blackmailing and threatening some politicians and rich people.
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.
While Archana is accused of extorting lakhs of rupees from politicians, businessmen and influential persons by blackmailing them with videos of intimate moments between her and them, Jagabandhu had alleged involvement in the offence. They possess over Rs 40 crore assets.
The couple have reared a white horse and costly dogs in her alishan bungalow at Satya Vihar in the capital city here. Archana is also a dog lover. She has kept dogs of high breeds. She was spending lakhs of rupees for feeding the horse and the dogs. The Alishan Bungalow of Archana has beds, sofa sets and other furniture worth lakhs of rupees. Besides, she also owns costly cars like BMW, Suzuki Swift and Mahindra Thar.
