The Commissionerate police on Saturday arrested the main accused, Prakash Tripathy, in connection with the ransacking of the Saheed Nagar police station and assault of police personnel, including the Inspector-in-Charge and an Assistant Sub-Inspector, on March 3.
Tripathy, a vice-president of the Biju Yuva Janata Dal (BYJD), who was accused of instigating the violence, was arrested by a team of special squad of the Commissionerate police. He will be forwarded to the court after interrogation.
Sources said that police were questioning Tripathy to ascertain who else are involved in the incident.
After the incident, police had formed special teams to nab the accused after scrutinising the vandalism which was captured by the CCTVs in the police station.
Later, the BJD suspended Tripathy from the post and the party as well.
On March 3, a group of youths led by Tripathy had gone to the Saheed Nagar PS to lodge a complaint regarding a road accident between a car and a motorbike in VSS Nagar area.
But later they assaulted the on-duty police personnel and also vandalised the police station. Computers, flower pots were smashed by the miscreants and an ASI Abhaya Kumar Rout had sustained severe head injuries in the attack.
As many as seven persons including former secretary of the Biju Chhatra Janata Dal Amit Jena, have been arrested so far in connection with the incident.