Sambalpur: Trouble seemed to have mounted for Bharatiya janata Party (BJP) MLA Jayanarayan Mishra, who has been booked for allegedly abusing and threatening a police officer in Odisha’s Sambalpur town with an association of police personnel demanding his arrest on Monday.
It may be noted that on a complaint by Sambalpur Town Police Station IIC Subrat Kumar Meher, FIR has been registered against Jayanarayan under Sections 296/351(3)/351(4)/221 of BNS. The Sambalpur MLA has been accused of abusing and threatening the IIC.
Condemning the action of the BJP leader, the association said in a statement that police personnel are working under difficult situation due to limited manpower and it was unfortunate that the legislator threatened an officer.
Describing the MLA’s behaviour as unacceptable, the association demanded proper action against Jayanarayan and immediate steps to arrest him.
Stating that the association was waiting for the DGP’s response, it said further course would be decided soon.
It was alleged in the complaint that IIC Meher received a phone call from the BJP MLA at 8.53 am on April 3 when he along with other police officers, including SI Ashish Kumar Pradhan and ASI Padmanav Purohit, were discussing the upcoming Hanuman Jayanti celebration. The legislator asked about a sword seizure case and threatened to burn down the police station.
This pertains to April 2 Jhanda Yatra, which was allegedly carried out from Dalaipada to Peerbaba Chowk via Kunjelpada Chhak in Sambalpur town without the permission of the authority concerned. On the occasion, the participants were seen dangerously wielding the weapon in the air. Following which, a case was registered under Sections 189(2)/189(4)/190/125 of BNS r/w Section 25 of Arms Act and two swords were seized.
During the conversation, Jayanarayan also allegedly abused the IIC and threatened to shoot him and all police officials at the police station while accusing them of working for the opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD).
The IIC recorded the entire conversation on his mobile phone for evidence against the legislator. “He obstructed a public servant from discharging duty,” Meher alleged in the complaint.
