Cuttack:<\/strong> Amid an ongoing dispute between Tirtol MLA Bijaya Shankar Das and his rumoured girlfriend Somalika Dash, the BJD legislator faced a setback as his application for marriage registration with another woman was rejected.<\/p>\n The District Sub Registrar Office, Cuttack, turned down the application submitted by the Bijaya Shankar on the grounds of furnishing \u2018inaccurate information\u2019 regarding himself and his prospective bride.<\/p>\n Earlier, Somalika had lodged a complaint at Cuttack sub-registrar office objecting to the application alleging Bijaya Shankar of producing wrong credentials for the registration of marriage.<\/p>\n Later, she moved to the Orissa High Court seeking a stay on the marriage registration applied by Bijaya Shankar with another woman.<\/p>\n According to reports, Bijaya Shankar had submitted an application on September 21, 2023, for registration of marriage with one Pratyusha Nanda, a resident of Cuttack city, at the District Sub Registrar Office, Cuttack.<\/p>\n Somalika had earlier alleged the MLA of not turning up for marriage at a court in Jagatsinghpur even as the two had applied for marriage registration at the office of the sub-registrar in the district.<\/p>\n She also accused him of running a sex racket.<\/p>\n She alleged that the MLA engaged innocent girls in the illegal activity. The money collected through the sex racket was used by the MLA for election-related expenses.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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