A representative of Sundargarh MP Jual Oram was arrested and forwarded to court by the Rourkela police on Sunday evening, allegedly for threatening of dire consequences to Motor Vehicle Inspector (MVI) of Rourkela on December 9 last.
He was forwarded to judicial custody, after his bail petition was rejected.
Sources said, Rourkela MVI PK Das had lodged a complaint in Raghunathaplli police station on December 10, informing that one Abinash Jena, Sundargarh lok Sabha MP’s representative in Regional Transport Office, Rourkela, had threatened of dire consequences, if he did not oblige him. As per his complaint, at about 12.30 pm on December 9 last, when he was on vehicle checking duty at Balughat area of the city, a group of five persons led by Abinash Jena had reached the spot. He alleged that Jena had stood little distance from the spot where as his other associates had come towards him and had threatened of dire consequences, pointing a machete at him.
Das had filed a FIR in Raghunathpalli police station had also brought the matter to the knowledge of Rourkela RTO and Rourkela Superintendent of Police. Raghunathapalli police had registered a case and started investigation in to the matter, but Jena reportedly had been absconding to evade his arrest since then. On Sunday evening, police got a tip of about movement of Jena and arrested him from that spot.