The Sundargarh Sadar police on Sunday arrested and court-forwarded Sundaragarh Truck Owners’ Association (STOA) general secretary Santosh Naik on the charges of cheating, molestation and giving death threats. He was sent to jail after his bail application was rejected.
Sources said Santosh Naik, Manjit Kaur, Gurtej Singh and Darshan Singh had taken `85,000 from one Sapan Naik, a resident of Bedabahal area, to set up a stone crusher unit at Sabdega in Sundargarh. But they didn’t the lent money to Sapan.
When Sapan and his brother Tapan demanded return of the money, the four threatened to kill them.
The two brothers then lodged a complaint against the four in the Sadar police station on April 6, 2015.
While police registered a case, Manji, Gurtej and Darshan obtained anticipatory bails from the High Court.
later, Santosh, who had not obtained an anticipatory bail, rebuked and threatened to kill Sapan's elder sister Rekharani Patel near a Sundargah court in June. Rekharani filed an FIR in the Town police station against Santosh on June 25.