The Madhupatna police on Saturday took business tycoon and Odisha Stevedores limited (OSl) managing director Mahimananda Mishra on a three-day remand for interrogation in connection with the Cuttack Press Chhak bomb hurling and attempt to murder case in 2013.
The Cuttack SDJM Court had on Friday allowed the police to take Mishra on the remand. Police took Mishra from the Choudwar Circle Jail.
Three years ago, a bomb was hurled at one Abhaya Bhaat at Press Chhak over some land dispute. One Ganesh Sahoo of the CDA area, who was arrested On January 4 this year, informed the police that he had hurled the bomb at Bhaat under the instruction of Mishra.
Meanwhile, the Paradip police have served a notice to Mahimananda Mishra’s nephew Chinmay Mishra and an OSl employee, Rabindra Dalei, asking them to appear at the police station by Sunday.
Notably, Mahimananda Mishra was arrested on December 25 last on the charge of masterminding the murder of Seaways Shipping company general manager Mahendra Swain near the Ambedkar Bhawan at Madhuban Colony at Paradip.