Overview

• Patra filed the FIR on July 27, nearly four years after paying ₹25 lakh in advance for a Bansingha land plot that was never delivered.
• When confronted, the broker issued two cheques which were both dishonoured, prompting a legal notice from the minister.
• Repayment deadlines extended to November 2024 and January 2025 elapsed without any refund to Patra.
• The minister stressed the dispute predates his political career and called for an impartial police investigation.
• Police have identified the arrested suspect as Niranjan Satpathy of Banasingh and forwarded him to court on fraud charges.