DABANGGIRI OF ODISHA MLA OVER CROWD
(The Quiver) : In a bizarre incident just like the Lakhimpur Kheri case, Prasanta Kumar Jagadev, a legislator of Odisha Assembly, on Saturday allegedly plowed his car into a crowd at Banapur in Khurda district, police said here.
The incident happened at around 11 a.m near the Banapur block office . The MLA had ran his car over crowd ,several people and ten police personnel by his car who got injured in the incident. No death has been reported till now but the some victims are found to be in critical conditions.
Following the incident, angry people thrashed the MLA severely who was first admitted in Tangi hospital and later shifted to a hospital in Bhubaneswar. Jagadev’s car was damaged and overturned by the mob.
As per preliminary information, when BJP supported Panchayat Samiti members were entering into the block office in a rally for the election, the MLA reached there and tried to enter his vehicle into the crowd .Police personnel and some people tried to stop the MLA from entering into the crowd but the drunk MLA was not conscious enough to stop.
Ten police personnel, including Banapur IIC, the MLA, a journalist and at least six people were injured in the incident, said the SP. However, no casualty has been reported so far, he added.
Condemning this act of the MLA,BJD spokesperson Sasmit Patra said, “There is no place for violence in democracy. Such an action of Jagadev is unfortunate and we strongly condemn it. We believe the police and administration will take stringent action against the accused.”
In September, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had suspended Jagadev following a video that had gone viral in which he could be seen thrashing a BJP leader of his Chilika constituency.
The legislator is infamous for his ‘indecent’ behaviour. In August 2020, a junior engineer had registered a complaint alleging misbehaviour by him over booking a guest house. Prior to that in 2016, he was in media limelight for allegedly assaulting a lady Tehsildar.
