The five persons, who had brutally assaulted the brother and nephew of senior Congress leader and newly-elected Jeypore MlA Tara Prasad Bahinipati in a hotel here on the midnight of April 10, were taken on remand by the Town police on Wednesday.
Hrudananda Nayak, Sabyasachi Parida, Sanjay Suna, Chiranjibi Patnaik and Rajendra Sahu are now being interrogated by a special police team led by Additional Koraput SP Mitrabhanu Mohapatra.
The five accused were taken on remand after they were produced in a local court. The police after conducting their health check-up later took them to the BSF camp at Koraput town.
A senior police official informed that the accused are being interrogated separately.
It may be mentioned that a gang of seven youths had launched a murderous assault on Tara Prasad Bahinipati’s brother Tuna Bahinipati and nephew Gupta Prasad Mohapatra in room no-217 of Hotel Madhumatit on April 10 midnight after the conclusion of the first-phase elections.