Tag: Mla Saroj Meher

Bolangir: As protests and condemnation continue to intensify against Patnagarh BJD MLA Saroj Meher who stoked a statewide outcry by forcing a junior engineer to do sit ups in the public a few days ago, troubles seem to be mounting on the legislator. In the latest development, Bolangir District Tribal Welfare Association has called for […]

Bolangir: The district police today arrested BJD Patnagarh MLA Saroj Meher following his detention for allegedly forcing a Public Works Department (PwD) engineer to do sit-ups. Later, he was produced before the Additional District Judge (ADJ) court. Earlier this morning, the legislator was detained by the police in Nuapada and brought to Bolangir for questioning. […]

Bolangir: Trouble seems to be mounting for jailed Patnagarh BJD MLA Saroj Meher, after Praveena Rajahans, wife of PWD Junior Engineer Jaykant Sabar, whom the legislator had forced to do sit-ups for alleged poor road construction, accused supporters of the MLA of threatening her family. Speaking to media persons, Praveena said, “Supporters of Patnagarh BJD […]