Bhubaneswar: Jajpur Town police on Saturday arrested Bhaba Prakash Das, brother of former MLA and BJD leader Pranab Prakash Das on charges of assaulting and threatening a vendor. Bhaba was taken to police custody before being arrested.
According to sources, the incident occurred on Wednesday morning at the Biraja Hat market in Jaipur. The victim, Madan Nayak, had come to the market to sell his goods when a group of around 50 people, led by Bhaba arrived and started abusing and assaulting him.
The group allegedly stole vegetables worth Rs 10,000 from Nayak and also took Rs 12,000 in cash from his pocket. Nayak filed a complaint with the police, who registered a case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 115(2), 296, 3(5), 303(2), and 324(4).
Police arrested Bhaba and his accomplices, including Balabhadra Das, Jagannath Das, Sahajuddin, Sekh Mujtez, Santosh Kumar Mallik, Surendra Rana, Ajit Sahu, Subhasish Raut, Debiprasad Pani, Sukanta Pani, Tushar Ranjan Behera, Partha Sarathi Mahapatra, Manaa Govinda Pati, Ranjan Sahoo, Saubhagya Ranjan, Janmejay Kanungo, and Chittaranjan Sahoo.
The police have, meanwhile, sent Bhaba to jail
However, the BJD leader’s reaction on the matter was not available till this report was filed.
