Former president of Mayurbhanj district Congress committee Hemanta Das was arrested on Friday for allegedly ransacking the Mayurbhanj district Collector’s office on Thursday.
Das allegedly ransacked the Collector’s office at Baripada and pelted eggs on the nameplates protesting unemployment problem in the State. Das was sent to jail after rejection of his bail plea by a local court there. The protestors, led by Mayurbhanj district unit Youth Congress president Rakesh Singh and general secretary Jogesh Kumar Agarwal, also destroyed the office equipments like chairs, electric balls.
Sources said more arrests would take place in this connection soon.