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Two teams of the Income Tax (IT) Department arrived at Jharpada jail in Bhubaneswar on Monday and began interrogating notorious fraudsters Hansita Abhilipsa and Anil Mohanty regarding their illegal property.
The questioning will help authorities gather further details about the political connections, financial dealings, and alleged human trafficking that the fraudster duo used to gather massive property and cash assets.
The questioning follows IT raids in early January at 16 different locations across Bhubaneswar, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Jharkhand, and Delhi reportedly belonging to the con couple. During those extensive raids, properties worth hundreds of crores as well as benami assets worth Rs 58 crore were identified and subsequently seized by the IT Department.
In Bhubaneswar, the raids were conducted on corporate offices owned by the duo in the Raghunathpur area, Anil Mohanty’s home in the SBT Apartments, and another residence in Unit 8.
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Following their arrest in December, several skeletons stumbled out of the closet of the fraudster duo who duped several high-profile personalities, primarily targeting rich businessmen, those in the mining and construction sectors, by posing as the daughter and son-in-law of the principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Further, links between Hansita and several politicians surfaced. A dedicated team of the Commissionerate Police had taken Hansita Abhilipsa and Anil Mohanty on remand on January 24 to probe allegations of human trafficking operations involving young women.
Investigations by police had pointed to the possibility that the con duo used to arrange ‘sex workers’ for influential persons, businessmen, and politicians to facilitate business agreements or secure political leverage as part of their modus operandi.
