6 held for Cong Bhawan violence

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The Commissionerate police arrested six persons on Tuesday in connection with the vandalism in the Congress Bhawan a couple of days ago.

Police took Sk Amir Mohammad, Sabir Mohammad, Latifur Rahman, Sajir Khan Hadaqat Khan, Sayed Tafiq and Biswa Ranjan Khatei into custody for ransacking the Congress Bhawan and damaging property. Police scutinised the CCTV footages to identify the miscreants.

 The arrestees are neither Congress workers nor ticket aspirants for the elections, police said.

The miscreants had resorted to violence on the premises of the Congress Bhawan and later locked its gate protesting the decision of the party to allot the ticket for the Ekamra-Bhubaneswar Assembly seat to Rashmirekha Mohapatra.

Following the incident, the Congress filed a complaint with the Capital police. The accused have been forwarded to court. The police are trail of the other accused and they would be nabbed soon, sources said.                

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