It has been alleged that Biswal is faking illness to avoid jail custody, after being arrested by CBI on September 18 for his alleged links with tainted chit fund firm Seashore Group of Companies.
The petitioner Sudhansu Sekhar Parida claimed that the MLA got himself admitted in SCB by using his political powers and is leading a comfortable life in the presence of his party men and family members. The petition also seeks health examination of Biswal by AIIMS doctors to verify his health condition.
Demanding a proper probe of the issue, Parida's advocate Kshirod Rout said the Director of Health or the SCB authorities should be duly punished if any discrepancies come to the fore.
Immediately after Biswal’s arrest in September, the CBI was granted a five day remand of the MLA. But as he complained of illness, Biswal was admitted to Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar and on September 25 was shifted to SCB after his condition deteriorated. The MLA is staying in the hospital since then.
In order to prevent law and order situation, the twin city police imposed prohibitory orders under section 144 of the CrPC near the CBI office as a large number of BJD protesters staged a road blockade and tried to forcefully enter the agency's headquarters.
Alleging that Biswal was arrested at the instance of the BJP ‘to settle political scores’ the demonstrators took out a motorbike rally from Cuttack to the CBI office here.
Biswal was arrested by the CBI on Monday night and produced before a special court here on Tuesday. The central probing agency has taken the legislator on a five-day remand and is interrogating him in connection with charges of his alleged links with the tainted ponzi firm.
Today on the second day of the remand, CBI Special Investigation Team comprising of DIG Manish Sinha and two other officials had a one-to-one interrogation with Biswal. Sources said the probing agency has been able to unearth valuable information about Biswal’s chit fund transactions, links with influential persons, undue favours towards the Seashore Group, and kickbacks from company CMD Prasant Das.
The CBI sources had earlier revealed on Tuesday that Biswal and his wife embezzled lakhs of rupees from the company by promising to sell their land in Jajpur district. The MLA was also suspected to have availed huge financial benefits from Seashore Group, apparently to allow the company to operate its businesses in Choudwar and Jagatpur industrial area in Cuttack.
Sources said the Seashore group had opened up a huge profitable business empire which included lavish boating club, restaurant, manufacturing factories of ball pen, flattened rice powder, water pouch and Diary Company in Jagatpur industrial estate.
Furthermore, CBI had also said that the MLA had given Rs 9 lakh to a woman named Rajalaxmi Jena through 11 drafts which is also under the scanner.
The agency had earlier lodged a case in June, 2014 against the Seashore group of companies and also filed a chargesheet against the Chief Managing Director (CMD) and directors of the Seashore group of companies in pursuant to the directions of the Supreme Court.
It was alleged that the group had indulged in raising deposits of more than Rs 1,000 crore from the people by promising a high rate of returns.
Names of Law minister Arun Sahoo, Housing and Urban Development minister Pushpendra Singhdeo and Food Supply and Consumer Welfare minister Sanjay Dasburma are mentioned in the poster, which was seen nailed to a tree trunk in Titlagah.
The Maoists have demanded suspension of these ministers within 10 days through this threatening poster addressed to CM Naveen Patnaik.
The warning posters have been found in Belgaon under Saintala police limits in Bolangir and also at the Veterinary centre at Manamunda in Boudh district.