In his suit, the MP from Odisha’s Puri constituency has said that he shares a close friendship with Dehadrai’s former partner Moitra and became acquainted with Dehadrai through common friends, social circles and has had limited interactions with him.
The suit alleges that after Dehadrai and Moitra separated, the former made various allegations of bribery and corruption against Moitra and also referred to Misra as the “MP from Orissa”, who was allegedly a “close associate of Smt Mahua Moitra”.
“Thereafter, in November 2023, Defendant No. 1 (Dehadrai) continued making a barrage of allegations not only against Ms Moitra, but persons with whom she shared a personal relationship, including the Plaintiff,” the suit states.
Misra has also told the Court that in November 2023, Dehadrai started publishing a series of tweets on X (Twitter) in which pseudonyms like “Canning Lane” and “Oriya/Odia Babu” were used against him and and it was alleged that he (Misra) was involved in criminal conspiracies.
A complaint made by Dehadrai to the CBI also alleged that an amount of ₹2 crore was kept with Misra to make purchases on behalf of Moitra. These purchases included high value items such as furniture, the suit states.
In this regard, Misra has said that the furniture was bought by him for his own use prior to the time (May 2021) when the cash was allegedly given to him by Moitra.
Source: Barandbench
