Odisha

Arrested Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi Moves Orissa HC For Bail

Cuttack: Arrested Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi has moved the Orissa High Court seeking bail.

Panigrahi’s bail plea was initially rejected by Judicial Magistrate (First Class) (JMFC) and subsequently by District Sessions Court, Khurda. The MLA on Thursday applied for bail in the High Court through his counsellor senior advocate Pitambar Acharya.

Panigrahi is now lodged in Jharpada Special Jail in Bhubaneswar after the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate’s court, Bhubaneswar remanded him in judicial custody for 14 days.

He was arrested by the Crime Branch of Odisha Police on charges of forgery, fraud, and criminal conspiracy on December 3.

It is alleged that Panigrahi collected money from people on behalf of Akash Pathak, son of suspended IFS officer Abhay Pathak, on the pretext of providing jobs in Tata company.

OB Bureau

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