The police arrested a fake godman at village Rodhapur on the charge of kidnapping two minor girls from village Panikoili in Jajpur district last week.
Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Salepur Suryakant Ray said the arrested person was identified as Ballav Pradhan alias Gobinda Baba (50) of village Sankhamari. last week, he had gone to Panikoili to organise a Yajna and kidnapped the girls on the pretext of giving them jobs.
Acting on a tip-off, police officials of Panikoili and Salepur raided the house of one Kulamani Samal at Rodhapur and arrested the fake godman and rescued both the girls.The arrested man was residing in the house of Samal since last month, said the IIC of the Panikoili police station.The arrested person was produced in the court of the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC).The court rejected his bail application and remanded him to jail custody.