Bhubaneswar, April 26 -- Bhadrak district and sessions court has rejected the bail plea of Niranjan Sethi, one of the accused in the cameraman Manas Swain kidnapping and murder case.

As the sensational murder case is still under investigation by Crime Branch, the Court has turned down the bail plea of Sethi who was the former director of the State Information & Public Relations (I&PR) Department.

Meanwhile, the court deferred the bail hearing of other accused in the case-- Parameswar Nayak, Bhagyaban Sahu, Bibek Nayak and Krushnachandra Nayak as the investigating agency is yet to submit the case diary.

"I strongly objected to the bail application of the accused (Sethi). As the case is under investigation by the Crime Branch and there i...