The Sadar police on Monday arrested a ward member in a dacoity case on Sunday night. He was nabbed at Gopa Chowk on Paradip-Daitary Expressway under Kendrapada Sadar Police Station.
Maala alias Sailendra Pradhan(34) of Tunupur village arrested in the case has been recently elected uncontested as ward member in ward no-10 of Bagada panchayat under Kendrapada block .
On Sunday night, Maala allegedly looted Rs 3,000 cash along with a mobile phone, after assaulting one Deepak Kumar Sethy of Badahat village. Sethy lodged an FIR against Maala at the Sadar Police Station.
The Sadar police later registered a case and produced Maala at the SDJM Court on Monday. He was remanded in jail custody after his bail petition was rejected. The ward member was involved in several highway offences earlier, police informed.