A day after Odia film and opera actress Usasi Misra met DGP RP Sharma demanding action against the absconding persons who had assaulted her on April 22, the Angul police arrested the prime accused Indramani Sahu and his son Rujit Kumar Sahu on Monday.
Besides, two others, Dushmant Sahoo of Balaramprasad village and Sudhansu Sekhar Nayak of Kanihabeda village, were also arrested on the charge of helping the father-son duo take shelter in a rented house at Nalco Bazaar following the incident.
The police also seized a Maruti Suzuki car and six mobile phones from their possessions.Indramani is accused of manhandling and physically abusing Usasi while she was on her way to perform in a Jatra show at Derang in Angul district.
Earlier, the police had arrested Indramani’s driver Dusmanta Behera, with whom Usasi had an argument before she was assaulted by Indramani and his two sons.