Police on Thursday seized four pistols and five bullets from the Bhubaneswar flat of arrested former Sanakhemundi Congress MlA Ramesh Jena.
Southern Range IG Amitabh Thakur told reporters here that the firearms and ammunitions were seized from Jena’s flat at the Jyotsna Apartment in Bhubaneswar during a raid.
Thakur informed that police have also seized two more pistols from one of Jena’s aides from the Bhabinipur country liquor outlet near Brahmapur.
Besides, the police registered one more case against Jena at the Sadar police station here in connection with his alleged grabbing of three acres of land in the Nimakhandi area.
The police also named Brahmapur Municipal Corporation (BMC) corporator R Murali Mohan and Jena’s close aide Buna in the case, police sources added.
Meanwhile, the Aska took Jena on a two-day remand to interrogate him in connection with a tender-fixing case. The Digapahandi Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) allowed the cops to take Jena on the remand. He will be produced in court on April 2.