labour Union leader and BJD Mahila Morcha vice-president Sanjukta Mahal is alleged to be harassing and torturing her family members.
Her mother Namita Patra, sister Rasmita Behera and sister-in-law Subhasmita Patra in a Press meet have brought the allegation against Mahal and threatened to hold dharna in front of the Naveen Niwas and commit suicide by self-immolation if not given justice within 15 days.
Residents of Jharpada Mahadev Nagar area in the city, Mahal’s mother Namita said that Mahal who is her elder daughter has been too harsh on the family members. She has filed many false cases against them and attacked her younger brother who is a police constable by employing goons. She has been threatening him of dire consequences as the latter is a Government servant. Consequently, Namita told that her younger son is doing his duty under mental pressure in the Maoist belt.
Namita said that Mahal first unsuccessfully tried to create enmity between her two sons and keep them separate. However, when failed, she has grown jealous and vindictive. Namita said that her elder daughter has managed to keep her husband Sricharan Patra away from her in the lure of a job in her union office. But there, Namita told, Sricharan now under the spell of another woman has been torturing her and picking up quarrel every now and then.
Namita told that though all her family had gone to lodge a FIR against Mahal in the laxim Sagar Police Station, the police did not receive their complaint. later, they had met the DCP, Bhubanesar who had recommended to lodge the FIR but still the DCP order is not followed. She said that they could not meet the Chief Minister at his office and given a memorandum for the CM. But so far no action was taken. The victim family members too said to have lodged a complaint with the State Human Rights Commission.
Namita told that her Mahal has been misutilising her power and privilege as a BJD leader and quoting the names of BJD leader Subash Singh and some powerful IAS officer to threaten the family members.
She against alleged that Mahal has swindled about 20,000 people in Balugaon, Banapur and Chilika areas of money under the pretext of issuing labour cards in their names.