BJP Files Police Complaint Against BJD Leader Arup Patnaik

Bhubaneswar: Odisha BJP on Friday lodged a complaint against BJD leader and former IPS officer Arup Patnaik at Capital Police Station for threatening to beat up the Leader of Opposition, Jayanarayan Mishra at a meeting.

A party delegation had gone to the Capital Police Station and demanded the immediate arrest of Patnaik after lodging the plaint against him.

They also Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal and submitted a memorandum seeking security for the Leader of Opposition.

BJP MLA Mohan Majhi said that a conspiracy has been hatched to kill Mishra. Instead of finding the main conspirator of Naba Das’s murder, the government is targeting Mishra.

Majhi further alleged that an IIC first attacked Mishra and later a BJD leader, who was also an IPS officer, threatened Mishra. It indicated that there was a well-planned conspiracy to attack the Leader of the Opposition.

Notably, Arup Patnaik, while addressing a party gathering, issued a threat to Mishra by taking his name. He said “the man, who was seen pushing the IIC, should come face-to-face with me. He knows what would be the consequence,” Patnaik said.