Former Odisha minister, wife arrested in dowry torture case

After evading police for a fortnight in a dowry torture case slapped by daughter-in-law, former Odisha Law Minister Raghunath Mohanty and his wife were arrested today from neighbouring West Bengal and remanded in judicial custody till April 2.
The former minister and his wife Pritilata were traced after tapping over 50 telephones to an apartment at Betaitola in the neighbouring state's Howrah district early this morning by the Human Rights Protection Cell (HRPC) of the Odisha police, Director General of Police Prakash Mishra said.
The Mohanty couple had rented two flats since March 20 in the name of different persons.

The senior BJD leader and his wife were brought to Odisha and interrogated at the Chandipur Marine Police Station before being produced in the court, Additional Director General of Police and Chief of HRPC, B K Sharma said.
They were produced amidst tight security before the court of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate Ranjan Kumar Sutar who sent them to judicial custody till April two and also posted their bail application to that date.
The SDJM also sought production of the updated case diary, Additional Public Prosecutor Arun Behera said.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who is in Delhi, said the law would take its own course in the case against Mohanty, who had gone into hiding on March 15 after resigning as the Law minister.