ED files chargesheet against Archana Nag, 3 others in money laundering case

Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today filed a chargesheet against sextortion accused Archana Nag and three others including her husband Jagabandhu Chand in a money laundering case.

While the couple’s business partner Khageswar Patra was named in the 2241-page chargesheet, the central investigative team mentioned Shradhanjali Behera as fourth accused in the case.

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Earlier, the Commissionerate Police had filed a chargesheet against the honeytrap kingpin before the JMFC-3 Court in Bhubaneswar in connection with a sextortion case registered at Nayapalli Police Station. The 501-page chargesheet was submitted under Sections 384, 385, 388, 389, 500, 506 and 120-B of the IPC and Sections 66E, 67 and 67A of the I-T Act.

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Archana is accused of extorting money from influential people by blackmailing them with objectionable videos. Currently, Archana and Jagabandhu Chand are in judicial custody following arrest by the ED under Money Laundering Act.

The blackmailer was arrested by the Commissionerate Police based on a complaint by Ollywood filmmaker Akshay Parija alleging blackmailng. She had allegedly demanded Rs 3 crore from the film producer threatening him of making his objectionable videos and photographs with a woman public.