Former Director General of Police (DGP) Sanjeev Marik on Friday filed a civil defamation suit against former IG of Police and former MP Anadi Sahu at the Bhubaneswar Senior Division Civil Court seeking Rs50 lakh as damage for allegedly tarnishing his image by linking him with gangster brothers Sushant and Sushil Dhalsamant.
Earlier on March 1, Marik had filed a criminal defamation suit against Sahu at the Bhubaneswar SDJM Court.
Notably, Sahu on February 20 had alleged that Marik has close links with the gangster siblings.
later on February 23, he further alleged Marik to have taken Rs7 crore from the brothers.
He had also alleged that Marik’s stenographer Rabindra Sethi used to take care of his illegal transactions and invest them in various places.