Business tycoon Mahimananda Mishra on Wednesday surrendered before the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Court at Kujang in connection with the Mahendra Swain murder case. He was then sent to jail.
Mishra surrendered after the Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the bail granted to him by the Orissa High Court. The apex court had also ordered to take him into custody.
Mishra, who is managing director of Orissa Stevedores Limited (OSL), had been arrested from Thailand for allegedly masterminding the murder of Swain, a top executive of Hyderabad-based stevedoring company Seaways Shipping and Logistics Limited (SSLL), on October 26, 2016 in Paradip.
Earlier on July 16, 2018 the High Court had granted conditional bail to Mishra in the Press Chowk bomb hurling and Paradip Tarinigada firing cases.