Bhubaneswar: Jogeswar Naik, an OAS officer who was the Deputy Commissioner of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), is facing allegations of harassing and blackmailing Odia album actress Priyanka Dash.
The police detained Naik after Dash lodged a complaint alleging that Naik promised to cast her in an album in 2020 and then sought undue favors, harassing her mentally when she declined. According to Dash, Naik continued to threaten her over the phone and used abusive language.
Naik denied the allegations and claimed Dash framed him to avoid repaying a loan of Rs 4 lakh that she took from him to open a salon.
