In 1977, Satpathy was accused of corruption and a police investigation started into possible violations of the Prevention of Corruption Act in force at that time.
In a later period, the entry of Nandini Satpathy, who hailed from a political background and had been a student activist, and who rose to be the Chief Minister of the State, turned the scenario to one which was total different from that of 1898, when Fakir Mohan had written the story “Rebati”.