Bhubaneswar: Chilika MLA Prasant Jagdev who was admitted to a private hospital here on March 12 was arrested by the police immediately after he was discharged.
Jagdev was produced in a local court here today evening, escorted by a posse of personnel. Banpur police produced Jagdev before SDJM Bhubaneswar who granted the police a transit remand for the MLA.
At around 6:40 pm, Jagdev proceeded to Banapur in an ambulance amid watertight security. He will be produced in Banapur court late in the evening.
Jagdev, who was allegedly in an inebriated state, ran his car over a crowd in Banpur on around 10 days back. More than a dozen people, including police personnel, sustained grievous injuries after Jagdev ploughed his vehicle through the crowd.
