The district police asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the CBI to probe the illegal financial transactions and chit fund links of arrested former Sanakhemundi Congress MlA Ramesh Jena.
Brahmapur SP Sarthak Sarangi on Tuesday said he has written to the ED and the CBI in this regard.
“Till now, we have detected more than 50 properties of Ramesh Jena. I have written to ED asking it to be involved in the investigation process,” said Sarangi.
It was now revealed that all of these properties seized by the police were not in the name of Jena. Some of them were in the name of other persons though Jena is the real owner.
The SP has also written to the CBI to probe his alleged links with the Green India chit fund company. The money collection company had gifted a luxurious vehicle to the former lawmaker.
Meanwhile, the investigating team has already found evidence of Brahmapur Municipal Corporation (BMC) Corporator Murali Mohan’s involvement in Jena’s land business.
“The Corporator’s involvement in land fraud has been confirmed after interrogation. The source of his gutkha business has been traced to Vishakhapatnam and a team has left for Vizag for investigation”, Sarangi added.
Meanwhile, identification of the young woman who had been photographed with Jena was ascertained. She was a student of an air hostess institute in Bhubaneswar and belongs to Gate Bazar area in here. Sources said the former MlA had gifted a car and a flat to her in Bhubaneswar.
Notably, a photograph of the young woman with Jena was found from Jyotsna Apartment during a raid two days ago.
Meanwhile, the MlA colony address (D/S-14/3) which was mentioned in the identity cards of a looter close to Jena, who was arrested by the Commissionerate Police two days ago was traced to Jeypore MlA Tara Prasad Bahinipati.
Bahinipati clarified that Jena was allotted the quarters during his stint as an MlA and now though he was given the quarters but he asked Jena to live there.
“I am allotted the quarters which was given to Jena during his MlA tenure earlier. I am not staying there. I had given that (Quarters) to Jena,” said Bahinipati.