By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR/NEW DELHI: With the ruling Biju Janata Dal MPs in Odisha had launched a twitter war against the high profile BJP National VP and in charge of Delhi and Assam, Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda and his model turned media baron wife, Jagi Panda a day after the Odisha High Court vacated an interim stay order on their possible arrest by the Crime Branch of State Police looking into the Khorda land scam, in which Jay Panda, family owned OTV’s subsidiary Odisha Infra Tech Private Limited, Kendrapara BJD Lok Sabha MP, has alleged that Jay Panda and his wife Jagi were badly alcoholic. In a series of tweets, the BJD MP Mohanty alleged that high profile couple madly enjoy eating Nonveg with Holy Basil.
“Dear @PandaJay & @JagiPanda, many of ur blind followers may nt b aware tat u both r badly alcoholics ! Many of them also don’t know tat u & ur partner madly enjoy eating #NonvegWithHolyBasil ! Even m shocked ! HOW ! ? Remember..Lord Of The Universe Is Watching UFolded hands#JaiJagannathFolded hands,” Kendrapara BJD Lok Sabha MP Anubhav Mohanty tweeted@AnubhavMohanty_.
“Hide wherever you can @PandaJay , one of your wives @JagiPanda & your family….. Our MAHAPRABHU SHREE JAGANNATH Will Not Forgive YouFolded hands #JaiJagannathFolded hands,” MP Mohanty said in another tweet.
“Great.. Exactly as expected Thumbs up.Anyways, now when you all are finally awake & I’m sure non of you even know what alcohol is, can anyone of you kindly say where are@PandaJay& @JagiPanda hiding now & why are their phones off since Hon’ble HC’s judgement day before yesterdayFolded hands,” the Kendrapara MP said.
It may be noted here that Both Jay and Jagi Panda had got interim relief in the Sarua land scam case as the High Court directed not to arrest the couple till November 12.Odisha Infra Tech Private Limited (OIPL)petition for quashing the FIR, for allegedly buying lands belonging to SC persons in a fraudulent manner, was also dismissed by HC. Probe in preliminary stage, the High Court had said.
Odisha Police had already requested the Income Tax department to investigate the benami transaction angle in the land scam allegedly committed by Odisha Infra Tech Private Limited during purchase of land from scheduled caste people at Sarua village in Khurda district.The Economic Offence Wing will continue to probe into other aspects of the case while IT has been recommended to probe into the benami transaction as per the provision of Benami Transaction (Prohibition) Act.
Naming Baijaynt Panda and his wife Jagi Mangat Panda as promoters of the Odisha Infra Tech Private Limited, the EOW had said: “Odisha Infra Tech Private Limited used a driver (belonging to schedule caste) of one of the directors, to act as a conduit to purchase these lands.”
The investigating agency had said more than 7 acres of land was purchased by the company in the name of one Rabi Sethi and later sold. However, he (Sethi) was never in possession of the land. Scheduled Caste (SC) people have been cheated in the incident while Rabi Sethi was used as a conduit.
The account of Sethi has been verified by EOW and no money was given in this regard to him. Later, it also came to light that the lands bought in 2010 to 2013 in the name of Sethi and later sold in 2016 and 2019 to OIPL was never in the possession of Sethi.
It said the lands were purchased from villagers of Sarua in Begunia block of Khurda district between June, 2010 and June, 2013 at much lower price from villagers in the name of Rabi Sethi, who was working as a driver of one of the directors of the firm.Possession of the land was never with Sethi, rather it was taken over by the firm.The Government of Odisha had ordered a Crime Branch probe in the land scam matter. Manoranjan Sarangi, a director of the Odisha Infratech Pvt Ltd and also a senior executive of Panda owned OTV, and one Siba Prasad Srichandan, dealings with the company, have been arrested by the EOW.
