Berhampur, Aug. 23: Ananga Manjari's elder brother Amulya Patra today lodged a police complaint that propaganda by six political leaders, including local MLA K. Surya Rao, and a television channel had driven the former manager of the Gajapati Palace at Paralakhemundi and her siblings to commit suicide.

"The false campaign has ruined and degraded the image of our family, and we demand a through probe into the episode. Those who have ruined our family and tarnished our image must be punished under the rule of law," said Amulya.

Amulya today went to the MKCG to receive the body of his younger brother, Santosh Patra, who died at the hospital on Monday. Amulya, his brother-in-law Niranjan Kumar Patra and others cremated Ananga Manjari, Bijayalaxmi and Sanjaya on Monday night. Santosh was cremated at Gate Bazar crematorium after post-mortem.

The bodies of the three siblings were found at their Jangam Sahi house on August 21. Santosh was still alive when the cops broke into the house and was taken to the MKCG hospital.

The police had suspected that the four had committed suicide. The door of the house was broken in the presence of a magistrate after the local people had complained of foul odour emanating from the house.

In his FIR lodged at Paralakhemundi police station, Amulya has named six persons including Paralakhemundi MLA and Congress leader K. Surya Rao, former BJD president of the Gajapati district unit Basant Das, his son Debi Prasad Das, district unit BJP president Gajapati G. Rabana, Congress leader Sudhir Ranjan Mahapatra and the town Congress president Basant Panda. He has also named a private television channel for its role in the deaths of his siblings.

"The complaint has been received and forwarded to the crime branch, which is probing the case," said district police superintendent Sushil Panigrahi.

Amulya said the relentless campaign and allegations against Ananga and Sanjaya, accusing them of conspiring to grab the royal properties of Maharaja Gopinath Gajapati by forcibly confining him had shocked his siblings.

"Local people had staged rallies in the city and placed shoe-garlands on the photographs of my sister. Ananga Manjari and Sanjaya could have moved court for defamation. But they remained inside the house for the fear of being attacked by the public. These circumstances might have led them to commit suicide," Amulya said.

Niranjan Kumar Patra, husband of Ananga's sister Pushpalata, said: "We have lost our patience, and we seek justice."

"Though we are not economically sound, all our brothers and sisters are graduates and responsible citizens," Amulya said.

On the other hand, the crime branch's special investigation team, led by additional superintendent of police Rashbihari Panigrahi, today started its investigation at Paralakhemundi.

"We have handed over all the related documents to the crime branch," Gajapati police chief Panigrahi said.

The seven-member crime branch team and the four-member team of state forensic laboratory today collected samples of some food contents, bottles, blood stains and few other articles from Ananga's house.