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Charge sheet adds to MLA's problems

CBI on Saturday filed its second charge sheet in the multi-crore Seashore money laundering scam, adding to the problems of BJD MLA Pravat Biswal, who is entangled in the case.

Our Correspondent Published 14.01.18, 12:00 AM

Bhubaneswar: CBI on Saturday filed its second charge sheet in the multi-crore Seashore money laundering scam, adding to the problems of BJD MLA Pravat Biswal, who is entangled in the case.

In the document, the central investigating agency said Biswal had financially befitted from the Seashore Group by facilitating the company's business in several parts of Choudwar and Jagatpur in Cuttack.

Sources said the charge sheet also had the name of three others, including the MLA's wife. The names of a retired Odisha Administrative Service officer and his wife also find a mention for showing undue favours to the company. In September last year, the CBI arrested Biswal and questioned him several times in connection with a land deal with Seashore CMD Prashant Dash. CBI sources said Biswal failed to furnish the necessary legal documents.

Seashore chief Prashant Dash was produced in the court on Saturday in Dhekanal following completion of his four-day remand period. The police requested the court for two more days of remand that was granted. Dash will now be in remand from January 15.

"Dash will be in our custody from Monday. It was needed to collect further information. This time, Dash is likely to be taken outside Dhenkanal for investigation into the money swindling by his company," said Dhenkanal police superintendent Basanta Kumar Panigrahi. He said in the course of his remand and interrogation, another fraud worth Rs 15 lakh had come to the fore. Earlier, there were three cases against him, including a Rs 28 lakh fraud.

Additional reporting by B.K. Rout in Dhenkanal

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