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The Odisha BJP has escalated its legal battle against Sitanshu Dwivedi, the lawyer of arrested BJD leader Raja Chakra, by filing a defamation lawsuit in the SDJM court of Balasore on Friday.
State BJP president Manmohan Samal accused Dwivedi of making 'false and malicious' claims that Rs 1.3 crore was transferred to the party account via RTGS as part of a transport scam, of which Chakra is being held as the prime accused.
"A month back, Dwivedi made a statement against me that my colleagues had pressured him to deposit Rs 1.3 crore to the BJP state leadership or face business consequences. I don't know his intentions behind the f...