Bhubaneswar, April 22 -- A local court today dismissed the bail plea of former Minister and BJD's candidate for the Pipili assembly constituency in Puri district, Pradeep Maharathy, and sent him to judicial custody.

He was sent to Jharpada Special Jail here after the Bhubaneswar Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) turned down his bail petition this evening.

Sources said Maharathy's bail plea will be taken up for hearing next on April 24.

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The BJD MLA, who fell ill while he was being produced in Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) in Puri earlier in the day, will receive treatment inside the Jharpada jail, the court directed. "If required then jail authorities may shift him to ho...