Rourkela: A member of the Aam Admi Party’s (AAP) Rourkela unit, Dharmendra Mohapatra, has been arrested for allegedly using abusive language against local BJD MLA Sarada Prasad Nayak on social media.
According to sources, Mohapatra was detained by Nayapalli police in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday for his abusive posts against some political leaders over the last few days. Udit Nagar police later arrested him on the basis of a complaint lodged by the State general secretary of the Yuba Biju Janata Dal.
“Sri Dharmendra Mohapatra who happens to be a member of the Aam Admi Party is using social media (Facebook) mentioning filthy languages against Sri Sarada Prasad Nayak Hon’ble MLA Rourkela and Chairman district planning committee, Sundargarh….. and damaging the image of an elected public representative of the party,” the complaint read.
Sarada Nayak is a three-time MLA and chairman of the Sundargarh district planning committee.
