Police on Thursday arrested eight more lawyers here in connection with the recent vandalism in the premises of the District Court.
President of the District Bar Association Sureshwar Mishra was among the arrested ones.
Raids were being carried out by police to apprehend the others involved in the incident.
Earlier, 17 agitating lawyers were arrested under Sections 147, 341, 323, 353, 332, 506, 186, 188 and 149 of the IPC.
The accused lawyers had allegedly resorted to vandalism inside the chamber of the District Judge.
Notably, the Central Action Committee of All Bar Associations of Western Odisha has suspended its agitation demanding establishment of an Orissa High Court permanent Bench in Sambalpur.
On the other hand, the Bar Council of India has suspended practice licences of 43 lawyers of the district for 18 months for allegedly resorting to violence during the agitation. It has also suspended all members of the district bar association till further orders.