The Digapahandi Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) court on Thursday allowed the Crime Branch to take arrested former Congress MlA Ramesh Jena on a two-day remand.
The CB had sought the custody of the former Sanakhemundi MlA in connection murder of former sarpanch of Moulabhanja Srinivas Rath, 42, on March 9, 2012, near Ghodahada dam square at Digapahandi in Ganjam district.
Notably, a few months after the murder, the police had arrested two accused, including Pradip Sethi of Padmanavpur and Kalia Sahu of Gosaninuagaon. During interrogation, both the accused had named Jena as the chief conspirator, sources said.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Brahmapur Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) Court, had allowed the Sadar police to take the former lawmaker on a five-day remand though the investigating agency had sought seven-day custody in connection with a land grab case filed against him by one Rabindra Sahu at the Sadar Police Station on April 2.
Meanwhile, the Brahmapur Sadar police have registered another fresh land grab case against Ramesh Jena and BMC corporator R Murali Mohan and arrested builder Kiran Panda in this connection.