Days after the family members of ailing Paralakhemundi Maharaja Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Deb sought a probe into the property transactions relating to the royal family over the past 30 years, police have begun an inquiry into the allegations.
According to reports, the Parlakhemundi police have interrogated six of the eight complainants, who are members of the Parla Maharaja Suraksha Committee. The proceedings have been videographed.
Besides, police have summoned former palace manager Anang Manjari Patra and her two brothers Sanjay Patra and Santosh Patra to depose before it in connection with the FIR lodged by the committee.
This followed after the Parala Maharaja’s daughter Kalyani Gajapati and his brother Jagannath Gajapati Narayan Deb wrote to the Gajapati district administration seeking a probe into the alleged misappropriation in property transactions.
The king’s brother had written two separate letters to the district Collector demanding security to the palace and probe into property transactions in the last 30 years. Similarly, Kalyani had sent a letter to the Chief Minister through Parlakhemundi MlA K Surya Rao.
“My brother Maharaja GN Gajapathi is in very poor health. He is unaware about what is going around him and especially about financial transactions,” Jagannath Gajapati Narayan Deb wrote to the Collector.