I have not duped anyone and have proofs for the same,” said Akash Kumar Pathak, son of arrested suspended IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak, while pleading before the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) Court here on Friday. Both the father and the son were produced before the court by the Commissionerate police.
The Kharavel Nagar police informed the court about new cases lodged against the duo.The Crime Branch (CB) has taken Akash on a five-day remand starting on Friday following the SDJM Court’s permission.
Source said the CB would conduct a face-to-face interrogation of the Pathak father-son duo, Akash’s secretary David Peter and expelled Gopalpur BJD MLA Pradeep Panigrahi.
Notably, the Pathaks have been arrested by the Vigilance police on the charges of amassing assets worth crores disproportionate to their known sources of income. Akash has also been accused of defrauding people on pretext of job.