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A volatile atmosphere gripped the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) headquarters on Wednesday as residents of Ward 29 attempted to gherao the office in protest against the arrest of their corporator, Jeevan Raut.
The demonstration came just hours before the BMC's crucial monthly meeting, the first to be chaired by newly appointed Commissioner Chanchal Rana.
Sources reported that the protest, involving over a hundred people, was held in front of the BMC office gate. Protesters raised slogans, alleging that the BJP corporator was deliberately targeted and arrested at the behest of Mayor Sulochana Das.
Raut, along with four...