Bhubaneswar, March 13 -- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Crime Branch on Thursday arrested BJD leader Raja Chakra in connection with large-scale irregularities in a mining and transport scam. Chakra was arrested after the Orissa High Court vacated the interim stay granted to him on Wednesday. The court also rejected the bail applications of four other associates of Chakra. According to EOW sources, Raja Chakra was taken into custody following a marathon interrogation by Crime Branch officials to determine his role in the scam. The EOW had registered a case against Raja Chakra on March 7 under Sections 406, 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, and 120-B of the IPC, based on a complaint from a villager residing near the Gandhamardan Mines ...