The Commissionerate police on Wednesday arrested two youths in connection with the incident of bomb hurling at the house of brother of Athagarh BJD MlA Ranedra Pratap (Raja) Swain on Monday night.
The Special Squad of the Commissionerate police nabbed the two accused Riaz Khan and Naim Khan. Two bikes and two bombs were seized from their possession.
Police said the duo hurled low-intensity crude bombs at the house of MlA’s brother at Chadini Chowk in the city. luckily, no one was injured in the incident. The MlA’s brother Birendra Pratap Swain, who is President of the Cuttack Central Cooperative Bank, is staying in the house. The bomb exploded near a car parked in the garage of the house. Notably, the face of the youth who hurled the bomb at the house was captured on CCTV camera as the towel with which he was covering his face fell down while hurling the bomb.