BJD MLA accused of vandalising police station, 7 others nabbed

Police today arrested seven persons and lodged a complaint against the ruling BJD MLA Pramod Mallick on the charge of vandalising a police station at Tirtol yesterday.
The arrest was made after examining CCTV footage, police officers said.
A case has been registered under sections 341, 323, 349, 327, 506 and 34 of IPC, said Tirtol Police Station Inspector-in-charge A N Dalua.
The case was registered by the police based on CCTV footage, they said adding the seven persons had come to Tirtol Police Station after Niali MLA Mallick was allegedly being beaten up by activists of the opposition BJP.

Accusing the police of taking time to act, Mallick and his supporters allegedly ransacked the police station, the police said.
However, Mallick, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Cuttack, alleged he had been mercilessly beaten up by the activists of BJP.

"I have never indulged in ransacking the police station. Let them show the CCTV grab to prove that I have vandalised the police establishment," Mallick said.
Though the supporters of the two parties clashed while going to attend the Prime Minister's rally at Paradip yesterday, no FIR was lodged, the police said.
BJP spokesman Sajan Sharma in Bhubaneswar alleged Niali MLA Pramod Mallick was instrumental in blocking the road of BJP supporters on their way to Modi's rally.