A large number of Samruddha Odisha activists including its general secretary Digambar Duria were arrested by the Kalahandi police while they were protesting Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s visit to Behera gram panchyat under Dharmagarh Assembly constituency on Tuesday. They were protested the distress sale of paddy, hand chopping of bonded labourers and massive poverty. Duria said, “The party will intensify its agitation against the State Government for large scale poverty in Kalahandi district.”