ED Attaches Luxurious House Of Lady Blackmailer Archana Nag

Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached a luxurious house worth Rs 3.64 crore belonging to Archana Nag, the prime accused in the ongoing money laundering probe into the high-profile sextortion racket case in Odisha.

Earlier, the ED had seized two high-end vehicles worth Rs 56.5 lakh, as per the provisions under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.

The central agency had registered an enforcement case information report (ECIR) for taking up an investigation under the provisions of PMLA against Archana Nag, her husband Jagabandhu Chand, associates Shradhanjali Behera and Khageswar Patra on the basis of two separate FIRs filed by Bhubaneswar police, the ED said in a statement on Wednesday.

As per the FIRs, Archana, her husband Jagabandhu, with the assistance of Shradhanjali Behera and Khageswar Patra, generated properties worth crores of rupees through extortion by way of ‘honey-trapping’ high profile and rich people and then secretly making their videos. They then blackmailed the victims by threatening to make the videos viral.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday filed a chargesheet in the honeytrap racket case against lady blackmailer Archana Nag and others in a court in Bhubaneswar.

A 2241-page preliminary chargesheet has been filed in the sensational sex and extortion case against Archana, her husband Jagabandhu Chand and their aide Khageswar Patra in the district and sessions judge court.

Archana, accused of blackmailing high-profile and influential people including political leaders, businessmen and filmmakers, has been shown as the main accused in the chargesheet in which Jagabandhu and Khageswar have been named.