Swami Tejamaya, who was arrested by the Brahmapur Town Police on Sunday night in Sundargarh for his involvement in several criminal cases, was produced before the Assistant Sessions Judge’s court at Baliguda and remanded to judicial custody on Monday.
According to reports, the Brahmapur police with the help of Sundargarh police arrested Tejamaya and later produced him in the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Sundargarh. Subsequently, the Brahmapur Town police took him on transit remand to produce him before the Baliguda court in Phulbani district.
After his release on bail on Saturday, Tejamaya had threatened to launch Parsuram Sena and warned the Sundargarh police and the district administration to stop cow slaughter and cow trafficking in the district.
Talking to reporters on Sunday, Sundargarh SP R Prakash had informed that Swami Tejamaya was moving in Sundargarh by identifying him as a saint though, he was a criminal. His original name is T Tambunath Subudhi and he is a native of Belapada under the Jarada police limits in Ganjam district. For a period, he was residing at Bilasahi near Gate Bazar in Brahmapur city, the SP had said.
He had attempted to kill Baliguda police station ASI Mamata Pati for which non bailable warrant (NBW) had been issued in his name, he had added.