Mishra in 4-day police remand from Jan one

A court today permitted the police to take prominent businessman Mahimananda Mishra, arrested in connection with a murder case, on remand from January 1 to 4 in view of his health condition.
Judicial magistrate first class, Jagatsinghpur district, Digvijay Das at Kujang gave this permission after the four-day remand period, which was to begin today, was earlier put on hold because of the ill health of Mishra, Managing Director of Odisha Stevedores Limited (OSL).
Mishra and his close aide Basant Bal, both accused in the murder of a shipping company official Mahendra Swain on October 26, had been shifted from jail to Jagatsinghpur district headquarters hospital on December 27 after they complained of chest pain.

While Bal was later shifted to the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, Mishra was yesterday taken back to jail as his condition improved. The court had ordered police remand for both after rejecting their bail pleas on December 27.
The two, who had earlier escaped to Thailand via Kathmandu, were brought to Bhubaneswar on December 26 night and taken to Paradip.
With the arrest of Mishra and Bal, the number of persons arrested in the murder case has risen to nine. Earlier, seven persons had been arrested in connection with Swain's murder.