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ED summons BJD MLA Pranab Balabantaray

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned ruling BJD MLA  Pranab Balabantaray asking him on 7 May for investigations into business transactions…

ED summons BJD MLA Pranab Balabantaray

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned ruling BJD MLA  Pranab Balabantaray asking him on 7 May for investigations into business transactions between a transport company owned by the legislator and jailed gangster Dhal Samant brothers.

The Dhal Samanta brothers – Sushil and Susant are in jail for last two years. They were controlling the entire sand mining business, extorting and their daily collection was said to be two crores. The gangsters were involved in a several murder cases and used to hobnob with political bigwigs at Cuttack.

The police did not dare touch them and it is alleged that some of them were on the pay rolls of the gangster till two years ago when Y B Khurania took charge of a commissioner of police and cracked down on the duo.

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Balabantray’s transport company, Pranab Minerals and Transport is alleged to have been used by the gangsters.

The ED has asked the BJD MLA to furnish all audit reports of his transport company.

It may be noted here that the police had earlier arrested a BJD councillor of Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC), Ms Ranjita Biswal for her links with the gangster in a attempt to murder case. She is also in jail

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