The Enforcement Directorate (ED) interrogated Bhadrakishore Pradhan, MLA from Champua in Keonjhar district, for his alleged link with the mining scam in Odisha's mineralrich Keonjhar district. Sources say a number of high value transactions were made between Pradhan and a former MLA of Champua in Keonjhar. The ED had in 2018-19 registered a money laundering case against the former Champua MLA. While the ED officials refused to comment, Pradhan denied his link with any scam.
