The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Court, Aska has acquitted former Sankhemundi Congress MlA Ramesh Jena in the alleged Rushikulya embankment sand tender fixing case in absence of required evidence.
Earlier, a case had been registered accusing Jena and three contractors of fixing tender for the project in 2015. Accordingly, Jena had been produced in the JMFC court on March 31, 2016 and taken on remand for questioning.
In the course of hearing, the court had recorded statements of 10 witnesses and found no evidence against Jena. Finally, the court acquitted Jena in the case on Monday.
Out of 38 various cases registered against him, Jena has got bails in 33 cases so far. He is currently lodged at the Chhatrapur jail.