A day after his resignation was accepted by the Naveen Patnaik government, former Advocate General Ashok Mohanty on Saturday was grilled by CBI officials for over 90 minutes here, during which he reportedly said he had no knowledge of the background of chit fund group owner Pradip Sethy.
Mohanty, who claimed to have submitted his resignation in May after Naveen Patnaik was elected as CM for the fourth time, was grilled by CBI sleuths for buying a two-storey building in Cuttack in 2012. During the grilling, Mohanty denied allegations that he got the building from Pradip Sethy. “I haven’t got it free. I have paid Sethy Rs 1,01,00000 (one crore and one lakh) by cheque through my lone SBI bank account. I have handed over all papers to the CBI,” he said.