Apprehending gang wars at the Choudwar Circle jail here, the State jail authorities on Monday shifted Sushant Dhalsamant to the Jharpada jail in Bhubaneswar and his younger brother Sushil to the Baleswar District Jail.
The mafia brothers along with 20 of their associates were lodged at the Choudwar jail ever since they were arrested in January. The jail also houses many members of the mafia Tito group of Kendrapada district. Both the groups are at loggerheads since long.
Citing law and order situations and to prevent showdown between the rival gang members, the Commissionerate Police had last week obtained permission from a lower court here to shift the Dhalsamant brothers to two separate jails. However, no decision has yet been taken to split the Tito gang members.
While being shifted to their new jails, the Dhalsamant brothers shouted at the gathering mediapersons outside the jail urging them to save the people of Cuttack from the onslaughts of the State Government.
“People of Cuttack city are insecure at their (Government) hands. Please save them,” Sushil told reporters while being shifted. Similarly, when Sushant arrived at the Bhubaneswar jail, he also made similar pleas to the waiting reporters.
Meanwhile, a ruling BJD woman corporator of Cuttack, Ranjita Biswal, appeared for the second time before the IO of the Dhalsmant brothers’ cases at the Mahila police station here on the day as she was summoned by the IO to cooperate with the police for the purpose of investigation.
Biswal was an executive member of the now-defunct youth organisation, which was floated and headed by Sushil for last two years. “I responded to the IO’s notice and answered a queries of the policemen to the best of my knowledge of the facts and circumstances,” she said.
Another city BJD corporator, Chiranjay Sahu, also appeared before the IO at the Chauliaganj police station. Chiranjay’s brother Antaryami was arrested last month by the police allegedly for his association with criminal activities of Dhalsamant brothers.