Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday alleged extortionist Archana Nag’s father, and questioned him over the former’s financial transactions, sources said.
The ED is probing into the ‘astronomincal’ financial transactions of Nag, whose rags to riches story has become the talk of the town, following strartling disclosures over the last one month.
Nag is in jail for allegedly amassing wealth by extorting the eminent by using sexually explicit videos. While her transactions run into crore, her lavish lifestyle and source of income has been ‘shady’.
Nag’s was very likely questioned on her assets worth several crores, which she reportedly accumulated in just 4 to 5 years. The role of her husband Jagabandhu Chand, also in jail, is being probed.
After registering a money laundering case against Archana, Chand and two others, the ED raided her parents’ home in Kalahandi and her residence in Bhubaneswar apart from four other locations..
Patra was arrested on Friday after the agency found that he had received around Rs 40 lakh in phases from the accounts of Archana and Chand since 2017. He has been sent to a 10-day ED remand.
