Bhubaneswar, Oct 8: BJD MP from Kendrapara, Anubhav Mohanty has filed criminal defamation case against OTV Ltd, its MD Jagi Mangat Panda and News Editor Radhamadhav Mishra over false news against him.

The MP has lodged the case through his lawyer Ashwani Dubey in a Delhi court. The MP accused the media channel of intentionally defaming him by running malicious news against him.

Mohanty further accused that the channel designed the fake stories and widely published and circulated it on social media which has caused loss of mental peace, trauma and tremendous stress on him.