Tag: Bapi Sarkhel

Bhubaneswar/Paradip: Alleging senior BJD leader Damodar Rout of shielding persons with criminal background, Congress leader Arindam alias Bapi Sarkhel today called the former Minister as the ring master of the crime syndicate operating in Paradip. Sarkhel further questioned how Rout could be so sure about arrested Bapu Parida having no links with gangster Tito. Besides, […]

Bhubaneswar: Spelling more trouble for business tycoon  Mahimananda Mishra, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a case against him under Money Laundering Act. ED has also registered cases against 10 others including Odisha Stevedores Limited (OSL) and Congress leader Bapi Sarkhel. Both Mahimananda Mishra and Bapi Sarkhel are the co-accused in the high-profile murder of […]

Cuttack: Even as the Orissa High Court granted conditional bail to industrialist Mahima Mishra today in connection with the murder of Seaways Shipping General Manager Mahendra Swain, he will be remaining in jail as hearing on his bail plea in Cuttack Press Chhak bomb blast is reserved for tomorrow. While granting bail in Mahendra Swain […]

Choudwar: Congress leader and top class contractor Bapi Sarkhel, who had remained behind bars for the last five months in connection with the murder of Seaways Shipping general manager Mahendra Swain in Paradip, today alleged that BJD vice-president and minister Damodar Rout is the main conspirator behind his arrest. “My prime political opponent Damodar Rout […]

Cuttack: After remaining around five months in jail, Congress leader and top class contractor Bapi Sarkhel has finally been granted conditional bail by the Orissa High Court, today, in the Seaways Shipping GM Mahendra Swain’s murder case. The court granted him the bail against two bailers and surety of Rs 1 lakh each while directing […]

Bhubaneswar: Congress leader Bapi Sarkhel’s wife Minideepa Sarkhel today launched a scathing attack on BJD minister and Paradip MLA Damodar Rout by alleging that it was his political conspiracy to send his husband to jail. Minideepa met Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Prasad Harichandan at Congress Bhavan here today and told him that Bapi […]

Paradip: The arrest of Congress leader Bapi Sarkehl in connection with the murder of Seaways Shipping Company GM Mahendra Swain has created ripple in the political circle with top party leaders giving mixed statements. After the arrest of Sarkhel, who had contested 2014 poll unsuccessfully from Paradip Assembly constituency on Congress ticket, hundreds of supporters […]

Paradip: Protesting the arrest of Congress leader Bapi Sarkhel, some of his supporters took to the streets at Kujang in Jagatsinghpur district today. Supporters of staged road blockade at Kunjang road by burning tyres. Later, they called off their stir after police intervention. Members of the Congress SC Cell also staged road blockade on the […]

Cuttack/Paradip: A day after five persons were arrested in connection with the murder of an official of a shipping company at Paradip, Congress leader Arindam Sarkhel alias Bapi was arrested by police and sent to jail today. According to sources, Bapi was produced before Kujang JMFC, where his bail plea was rejected. Earlier, Bapi was […]

Bhuabaneswar: Just as the war of words between Congress’ Lulu Mohapatra and BJD’s Sanjay Dasburma was starting to fade away from public consciousness, another standoff has kicked-off – this one between Cooperation minister Damodar Rout and Congress’ Bapi Sarkhel. Sarkhel has alleged that Rout and his family had received favors from scam-tainted chit fund company […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when political mudsling is already on over gangster Tito links, senior Congress leader Bibhu Prasad Tarai today spewed venom against senior BJD leader Damodar Rout and own party leader Bapi Sarkhel. Accusing Rout of shielding persons with criminal background, Tarai demanded for a High Court-monitored special investigation team probe. “Damodar Rout […]

Paradip: Expresssing dissatisfaction over ticket distribution, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) secretary Pramod Kishore Jena along with hundreds of his supporters resigned from the primary membership of party on Friday. Accusing senior leaders including PCC chief Niranjan Patnaik and party’s Jagatsinghpur district president Chiranjibi Biswal of working hand in gloves with the ruling-BJD, Jena alleged […]