Chilka,4/1:An unfortunate situation arose in the Balugaon police station area of Khordha district on Monday. The BJD has protested in front of the Balugaon police station demanding the arrest of a BJP leader allegedly intimidating him with a firearm. According to sources, the foundation stone was laid Monday afternoon in presence of Chilika MLA Prasant Jagdeb at the Chilika Rani English Medium School in Balugaon with a grant of Rs 10 lakhs from the MLA fund. But suddenly situation became tensed at the place while a BJD leader was allegedly attacked by a BJP leader and threatened with a firearm. According to the complaint, BJD Balugaon NAC working president Krushna Chandra Behera was attacked by BJP Balugaon Nagar mandal president Niranjan Sethi. Niranjan threatened to kill Krushna Behera by showing him a gun. So there tensed at the scene over this. The BJD protested the incident and demanded the arrest of Niranjan Sethi. BJP leaders Niranjan Sethi and Ajay Tarai have been detained at the police station. But there has also been strong opposition from the BJP. The BJP has alleged that Niranjan and Ajay were detained by Balugaon police in a false case. Tensions are high at the Balugaon police station. Fighting had erupted between the two BJP-BJD factions. The police had alerted in front of the Balugaon PS. Balugaon SDPO Manas Ranjan Barik, Balugaon IIC, Banpur Additional IIC, Tangi IIC, Nachuni OP OIC, Naval OP OIC,Kuhudi OP OIC and 3 platoon forces had been deployed at the spot. As per the latest information by IIC Balugaon, a case has been registered against Niranjan Sethi vide case no 3/22, U/S 341,294,323,506,379,34 IPC and 25/27 Arms act and the BJP leader has been arrested by police.
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