Bhubaneswar: The woman claiming to be wife of BJD’s Talcher MLA, Braja Kishore Pradhan was detained by police today during an attempt to stage dharna in front of the official residence of Chief Minister's private secretary, V Karthikeyan Pandian.
As per reports, the woman was detained by police while she was on her way to Pandian's residence, seeking justice alleging that she was harassed by the MLA.
Earlier on September 15, 2017, the woman had attempted suicide in front of the Odisha Assembly by consuming Phenyl. Prior to that, she had attempted suicide in front of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's residence, Naveen Niwas on September 7.
She had also filed an FIR against Pradhan at the Bhubaneswar SDJM court on May 27, 2017 after Commissionerate Police declined to register a case against the legislator. The then Bhubaneswar DCP had informed that during the course of investigation it was found that the allegations made by her against Pradhan comes under the section 493 of IPC which is a non-cognizable offence, therefore police is not authorised to register a case.
It was in February last year that she had lodged a complaint at Mahila Police Station in Bhubaneswar alleging that the legislator is refusing to accept her as wife even after she married him at a temple on April 5, 2015.