The police arrested coordinator of Jajpur district unit of Odisha Jan Morcha (OJM) Pravakar Nayak on Saturday evening on the charge of ransacking licensed foreign liquor shops at Dharmasala and Jaraka and in connection with some other cases.
Jajpur Road Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Bipin Bihari Mallick said, “ We arrested Pravakar Nayak under Sections 395, 147, 148, 323, 294, 427, 149 and 506 of IPC on the charges of damaging licensed liquor shops and blocking National Highway-5 at Jaraka to protest against the arrest of OJM leader Jagneswar Babu and other cases. The court rejected his bail application and remanded him to jail custody.”