The Golanthara police in Ganjam district arrested seven persons on the charge of hurling bombs at a doctor’s house at Surala Junction after he denied giving Rs 3 lakh dadabati (extortion) demanded by them during the wee hours of August 28, 2017.
The doctor, N Tirupati Rao, had lodged a case in this regard.
The main accused in the case, Priya Ranjan Behera, a defeated ZP Member candidate from Chikiti AC Zone 18, and another accused Rama Gouda are still at large, police said.
The arrested were identified as Pintu alias Ranjan Kumar Sethi (26) of Sunapur under the Marine police station, Sukant Sahu (21) of Chhelia village, Basant Nayak (21) and Jayasen Das (22) of Panchama village, Binod Kumar Das (22) and Sameer Das (21) of B Nuagaon and Chaitarya Mallic (50) of Tamana village under the Golanthara police station.
The police too seized three bikes from them.