After raids, ED summons Odisha BJD MLA Prafulla Samal, son in engg college land irregularity case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued summons to former Odisha minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Prafulla Samal and his son Prayaskanti Samal on Saturday.

The father-son duo was summoned in the alleged Barapada Engineering College land scam case. They have been asked to appear with all the relevant documents.

The summons were sent after the central probe agency conducted simultaneous raids at 10 places linked to Bhandaripokhari MLA Prafulla Samal -- six places in Bhadrak town and four places in Bhubaneswar on Thursday in connection with alleged financial irregularities at Barapada Engineering College in Bhadrak.

It has been alleged that the Minister and his son Prayaskanti Samal are involved in a multi-crore scam involving Barapada Engineering College where the father-son duo has allegedly swindled crores of rupees collected from students as fee to buy lands and flats in Bhubaneswar and other places.

is pertinent to mention here that there had been prior protests in Bhadrak over the same issue of financial irregularities in the college.

The ED had seized a high-end car and cash worth Rs 10 lakh from the house of Prayaskanti Samal at Palashpalli in Bhubaneswar on Friday.