The Kendrapada Sadar police on Sunday arrested and court-forwarded one Barada Prasad Sena of Para chowk on charge of betraying a girl, with whom he had kept physical relationship, and marrying another girl.
Barada has remanded into jail custody after his bail petition was rejected, informed Sadar PS IIC Biranchi Bag.
A 27-year-old girl of Kacheripada village in her FIR alleged that Barada had been in love with her for over five years. During this period, he promised to marry her and kept physical relationship with her. But on Wednesday, Barada married another girl.
Acting on the FIR, the police registered a case and subsequently arrested Barada on the charge of keeping physical relationship with the girl and spurning marriage proposal, police said.
On Thursday, the girl had also sit in a dharna in front of the police station demanding immediate arrest of the culprit.