Bhubaneswar, : The Enforcement Directorate(ED) will take Archana Nag and her spouse Jagabandhu on remand.
ED was allowed by a local court here to take ArchanaNag on remand for 6 more days from today in connection with the high-profile sex and extortion scandal. Nag’s husband Jagabandhu Chand will also be taken by the agency on remand for 9 days from December 14.
Sources said the ED on Tuesday arrested the couple on the charges of money laundering. For further investigation into the matter, the central agency sought the remand of the two accused. Accordingly, the ED applied for six-day and 15-day remands of Archana and Jagabandhu respectively.
Worth mentioning, Archana and Jagabandhu are now lodged in the Jharapada special jail following their arrest by the Commissionerate Police on the charges of blackmailing a number of bigwigs.