Bolangir, June 24 -- The district police today arrested BJD Patnagarh MLA Saroj Meher following his detention for allegedly forcing a Public Works Department (PwD) engineer to do sit-ups. Later, he was taken to the Additional District Judge (ADJ) court.
Earlier this morning, the legislator was detained by the police in Nuapada and brought to Bolangir for questioning.
It is pertinent to mention that in a report to the State government, Bolangir Collector Arindam Dakua had stated that due to sub-standard road construction work, the Patnagarh MLA punished Junior Engineer Jayakanta Sabar in public in Belpada area and directed the engineer-in-charge to slap the JE.
On June 6, a video purportedly showing the BJD MLA forcing the JE to do sit-up...