Bhubaneswar: Hours after Gopalpur MLA and expelled BJD leader Pradeep Panigrahi’s arrest, the Crime Branch produced him before the SDJM’s court in Bhubaneswar on same Thursday night.
He was heard saying, “My earlier words on the Odisha government have come true. They have arrested me,” while being taken to the court by the CB sleuths under tight security.
Earlier in the evening, the Crime Branch officials in a statement claimed that Panigrahi was collecting money from various people on behalf of Akash Pathak, son of suspended IFS officer Abhay Kant Pathak.
Panigrahi has been arrested under Sections -419 (cheating by personation), 420 (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 467 (Forgery of valuable security), 468 (Forgery for purpose of cheating), 469 (Forgery for purpose of harming reputation), 471 (Using as genuine a forged document), 120 B (a party to a criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code.
Panigrahi has also been booked under Sections 66 (c), 66…