Hotelier Siba Prasad Das Deposes Before ED In Archana Nag Case

Bhubaneswar: Hotelier Siba Prasad Das on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in response to a summon for questioning in connection with the investigation into a money laundering case involving Archana Nag.

Das reached the ED office with his advocate.

Earlier, Odia film producers Akshaya Parija and Pramod Swain, BJD MLA Sudhir Kumar Samal’s brother Gangadhar Samal, businessman Amiyakant Das, Archana’s associate Shradhanjali Behera, her business partner Khageswar Patra and her driver Chandan had appeared before the ED in connection with the case.

More than 20 leaders from the ruling BJD and opposition BJP, besides prominent businessmen, film producers and real-estate tycoons were reportedly honey-trapped by Archana Nag, who had allegedly hired high-profile call girls to please wealthy customers.

The bail petition of Nag was rejected by the JMFC-3 Court in Bhubaneswar yesterday. Today the court rejected the bail plea of her husband Jagabandhu Chand.