Irate locals on Wednesday went berserk and ransacked the Begunia police station in the district demanding arrest of Begunia BJD MLA Prasant Jagadev for allegedly threatening to manhandle a former sarpanch.
The agitators who came in a procession to the police station barged into it and damaged furniture and other documents despite presence of policemen.
Sources said that there were extensive damages to the furniture and files kept at the police station.
The enraged locals also gheraoed the police station shouting slogans and staged a road blockade which affected vehicular movement on National Highway 57. The mayhem continued for more than an hour.
As per allegations, Jagdev had threatened former sarpanch Nanda Kishore Swain.
He had threatened to physically assault Swain following which the latter had lodged a complaint at the police station a few days back.
However, after no action was taken against the MLA, some locals resorted to vandalism demanding immediate arrest of the lawmaker.
Later, Superintendent of Police reached the spot to pacify the locals. A platoon of police was deployed at the spot to prevent any further. As per latest reports, normalcy has been restored at the spot.