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Bhaba Prakash Das aka Lala, the brother of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) organisational secretary Pranab Prakash Das aka Bobby Das, landed in further legal issues as three more cases were filed by Jajpur Town Police on Monday.
These charges involve violent protests, such as gheraoing the Town Police Station and staging roadblocks near the Biraja Haat. Additionally, a complaint concerning an assault on another vendor was filed in the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) court. The local authorities have also submitted a formal request to the SDJM court to incorporate these three charges into the ongoing legal proceedings against the accused.
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Worth mentioning, allegations of assault on vegetable vendor Madan Nayak in Biraja Haat of Jajpur district led to the arrest of Bhaba Prakash. However, the complainant Nayak took a U-turn on Saturday.
Initially, Madan claimed that Bhaba aka Lala, had assaulted him, threatened him, and extorted money from him. However, Madan subsequently retracted these claims, stating that Lala did not commit any such acts and that his original police report was a slip-up from his side. He had mistakenly lodged the FIR with the local police.
In a significant development, the Crime Branch was directed on Sunday to probe the alleged attack on Dharmasala MLA Himanshu Sahoo.
Police have formed a special team comprising six members, led by Deputy Superintendent of Police (CID) Saroj Kanta Mohanta, to probe the incident in detail.
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The probe will cover three main issues: the alleged attack on the MLA, the staging of road blockade, and the gherao of the Town Police Station related to the attack.
Allegedly, the attack on legislator Sahoo took place near Budhapola locality of Jajpur district, on November 20 by several supporters of Pranab Prakash Das.
