The Brajarajnagar police on Thursday arrested and court-forwarded three persons on the charge of kidnapping and assaulting BJP State youth coordinator Sujit Singh belonging to Brajrajnagar on Wednesday.The arrested were identified as Amit Khamari, Babloo Yadav and Niroj Kumar Barik of Brajrajnagar, police said.
On Wednesday, Singh had alleged that two miscreants had kidnapped him at gunpoint at around 10.30 am from his office at lamatibahal at Brajarajnagar and assaulted him before taking him in a car to the house of Brajarajnagar BJP MlA Radharani Panda at Sarbahal.
Sujit said the miscreants took him to Jharsuguda by a car and presented him before MlA Panda and her advocate husband S Purohit.Sujit further stated that he was threatened to quit BJP and not to interfere in the political affairs of the MlA. Then he was taken back to Brajrajnagar by a car when Brajrajnagar police rescued him at the Gandhi Chowk, he said.
Jharsuguda SP Uma Shankar Dash soon rushed to the police station to take stock of the matter. Police registered a case and started investigation, informed Brajrajnagar PS IIC Akash Sahu.Meanwhile, the MlA has denied the allegation terming the same as false and fabricated. After primary treatment, Sujit had been shifted to Burla for treatment.