India, July 1 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday suspended a corporator and four others in connection with the alleged assault of an additional commissioner of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation in Odisha on Monday amid widespread outrage over the incident.

On Monday morning, a group of BJP activists led by its corporator Aparup Narayan Rout allegedly assaulted the additional commissioner Ratnakar Sahu over allegations that he insulted its state executive committee member Jagannath Pradhan.

BJP state president Manmohan Samal suspended its corporator Aparup Narayan Rout, Rashmi Ranjan Mohapatra, Debasis Pradhan, Sachikanta Swain and Sanjeev Mishra from the party over their involvement in the incident.

As the incident sparked ...