The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Court here on Tuesday allowed the Aska police to take arrested former Congress MlA Ramesh Jena on a two-day remand for interrogation in connection with a tender-fixing case.
Jena would be taken on remand for April 1 and 2, ordered the court.
The JMFC had while completed the hearing had reserved its verdict on Mondayon the three-day remand petition of the Aska police to quiz him in various tender fixing allegations cases.
Notably, a case was filed against the former MlA at the Aska police station onFebruary 24.
Meanwhile, Crime branch sleuths appealed to the Digapahandi JMFC court seeking remand of Jena in connection with the murder of former sarpanch of Moulabhanja Srinivas Rath, 42, on March 9, 2012, near Ghodahada dam square at Digapahandi in Ganjam district.
A few months after the murder, the police had arrested two accused, including Pradip Sethi of Padmanavpur and Kalia Sahu of Gosaninuagaon. During interrogation, both the accused had named Jena as the chief conspirator, sources said.
Meanwhile, the Brahmapur police have intensified its ‘nab criminal’ operation and arrested as many as 45 criminals, including hardcore criminals in last 36 hours.