After Pragyan Paramita, aggrieved wife of the tainted and suspended excise constable Sushanta Patra, exposed the nexus of the excise staff including its Superintendent Prasanna Nayak with SC, ST, OBC and Minorities Minister Jagannath Saraka, district BJP unit of Rayagada burnt the effigy of Saraka here recently.
Pragyan has said before the media regarding the gratification made to Saraka in the form of costly LED TV and tiling of his palatial building under construction in Rayagada.
Her husband Sushanta and his superior officers with the blessings of Minister Saraka were involved in trafficking illegal contraband “ganja” in and outside the district and amassed money.
Sushanta with the help of liquor mafia like Hari Mohanty paid huge amount of money to Saraka and his other political associates, who were involved in the scandal, said Pragyan. Sushanta must be immediately arrested as he is in a spree to damage all the evidences like the sword he was using to terrorise her and the packets in which he was packing ganja, etc, she demanded. Pragyan broke down before media when she narrated the violence meted out to her by none other than her own husband in an heinous mode. She was severely beaten by Sushanta after making her naked to stop her from running outside.
Long back she had even complained before the District Collector and SP, Rayagada regarding this domestic violence and turture, but in vain, she told. It is learnt that as Sushanta deals with top notch officers and politicians, no action was taken against him. He even moved in the Lok Seva Bhawan in Minister Saraka’s vehicle. After the extortion and bribe deal video and audio, where two excise constables and Superintendent were directly involved, went viral, Excise Commissioner Asish Singh immediately suspended both the constables and asked district Collector Saroj Mishra to institute an inquiry.
When members of Society for Fast Justice, an outfit having a corruption watch agenda, wrote to Asish Singh, he responded positively and asked the members to be further updated by the Collector regarding the status of inquiry.
As Collector Mishra is generally not accessible either in person or through any digital platforms, the people of Rayagada are still in dark regarding the status of inquiry. “Saraka boasts that he still ploughs his land and poses for a photograph. Nice stories are carried pampering him; but behind scene there is something serious.
Apart from tiles works which run to lakhs, the plumping, electricity and the general construction expenses of his ongoing palatial building at Rayagada town are borne by liquor mafia, ITDA contractors and technical staff.