Bijepur firing: Odisha police arrests 3rd accused today

KalingaTV News Network

Bargarh: Odisha police on Wednesday arrested third accused in connection to the firing at the residence of Mandal President of BJP Yuva Morcha Manoranjan Meher at Pada village under Bijepur area in the district on Sunday evening.

The arrested person has been identified as Krupasindhu Singh. He was arrested from a hotel in Sohela-Madhupur road in the district.

The police said that Singh has five criminal cases registered against him on different police stations.

Yesterday, the Bijepur police had arrested two persons- Sushant Bhuen and Arshat Khan from a roadside hotel at Loharchati on the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border and produced them in the court in connection with the incident.

Significantly, both the ruling BJD and BJP have been eyeballing each other ahead of the Bijepur by-poll and the incident has triggered tension in the Assembly segment.

Bijepur Assembly seat had fallen vacant after three -time Congress MLA Subal Sahu passed away on August 22, 2017 following a prolonged illness.