Bhubaneswar, July 27 -- Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Sunday announced the suspension of Amaresh Jena, a corporator of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation who has been arrested in connection with a rape case.

According to the Laxmisagar police, Jena was arrested in Balasore district after trying to evade arrest for days.

Previously, five individuals were arrested and booked for harbouring Jena. Police said that these five people provided conveyance and assisted the accused in evading arrest.

They have been arrested and forwarded under sections 64(2)(m), 89, 296, 351(2), 61(2), 249, and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), read with Section 6 of the POCSO Act.

The five arrested accused have been identified as Bibek Kumar Swain (29),...