By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The BJP National Vice-President Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda his model turn entrepreneur wife, Jagi Mangat Panda , who heads OTV and Ortel Networks, under which M/S Odisha Infra Tech Pvt Limited functions, may likely to face tough time with Naveen Patnaik led BJD Government in Odisha on Wednesday, asking the CB-CID of State Police to look into the land scam at Begunia Tehsil of Khordha district, in which they are party to it.
Highly placed Crime Branch sources said once CB got a copy of the order, the agency will immediately rushed to the sport for investigation. It was second trouble for BJP leader Baijayant Panda and his family owned OTV in a week span of time after Kendrapara BJD Lok Sabha MP, Anubhav Mohanty had sued OTV and its MD Jagi Panda with criminal defamation.
“The Government have been pleased to accord sanction for criminal investigation into sale of Rayati lands belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) persons in Begunia Tehsil in favour of M/s. Odisha lnfra Tech Pvt. Limited through Benami transaction via Rabindra Kumar Sethy, Ex Driver, and ORTEL.” Joint Secretary to Government, Prakash Chandra Mohanty in a letter to Additional Director General, CB-CID, S Priydarshi said.
CB will look into the alleged fraudulent land transaction by M/S Odisha Infra Tech Pvt Limited in Begunia Tehsil of Khordha district. Odisha Infra-tech Private Limited is a Private incorporated on 23 September 2008. It is classified as Non-govt company and is registered at Registrar of Companies, Cuttack. Its authorized share capital is Rs. 50,000,000 and its paid up capital is Rs. 45,083,180. It is involved in Real estate activities with own or leased property. Directors of Odisha Infra-tech Private Limited are Manoranjan Sarangi. Its registered address is Plot No-N/28, N/29 and N/30/1 Chandaka Industrial Estate, Patia Bhubaneswar, 751024.
On October 12, the Khordha Collector had submitted an investigation report conducted by an independent agency in this matter and had requested the Government to recommend the case to CB-CID for further investigation after he found cheating and fraudulent transaction dispossessing persons belonging to SC as well as exploiting another person belonging to SC for benami transaction..
Last week, MP Mohanty had filed the Criminal complaint under section 190/R/W section 200 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 for the offence committed by the accused under section 500 of the IPC.In his petition he alleged “ The accused (OTV, Jagi Mangat Panda and Radha Madhav Mishra ) in connivance and conspiracy with each other and in order to harm the reputation , goodwill and respect of the Complainant have designed the fake stories and largely published and circulated it on social media News Channel (OTV) which has caused loss of mental peace, trauma and tremendous stress to the Complainant.”
“ The image of the Complainant has been tarnished by the accused persons jointly by publishing defamatory news. The complainant is a Member of Parliament and resides within the territorial jurisdiction of this honorable court. The witnesses also reside in Delhi. AS such, this Hon’ble court has jurisdiction to try, entertain and take cognizance of the present complain.”, the ahd petition stated.
