India, July 3 -- Three days after the assault on Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation ( BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jagannath Pradhan, who has been allegedly the prime accused in the case, surrendered before the Commissionerate Police today. He was subsequently arrested in connection with the incident.

Pradhan, who had unsuccessfully contested from the Bhubaneswar (Central) Assembly constituency on a BJP ticket in the 2024 General Elections, was mentioned in the FIR filed by Sahoo at the Kharvelnagar Police Station.

Before surrendering, Pradhan told mediapersons, "I have publicly condemned the attack and have no involvement in the assault on the BMC official. Efforts are being made to m...