Dharmendra Pradhan engages in verbal spat with cops; video goes viral  

Bhubaneswar: A video showing Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan engaging in a verbal spat with police officials at Burla in Sambalpur after landing at the MCL helipad yesterday has gone viral.

According to sources, some police officials wanted to inspect the helicopter in which Pradhan had arrived. Subsequently, a heated argument broke out between the Union Minister and police officials.

#WATCH Video showing Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan scuffling with police officials goes viral; the incident reportedly happened on Monday when EC's surveillance teams tried to inspect his chopper at MCL helipad in Sambalpur #Odisha pic.twitter.com/SWhyYh7htF

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Speaking to OTV over phone, Burla-Hirakud SDPO Shishuranjan Mahapatra said, "As per Election Commission guidelines, two teams were present for routine checking. I was also present at the spot and Dharemendra Pradhan was requested to cooperate with the routine checks, but he reacted."