Amaresh Jena suspended after arrest
Bhubaneswar (By Abhishek Mohanty): BJD Corporator Amaresh Jena was arrested by the Commissionerate Police in connection with a sexual assault case involving a minor girl.
Jena was nabbed from Nilagiri area in Balasore district and brought to Bhubaneswar.
Soon after the arrest, he was suspended by the BJD.
The Commissionerate Police had formed three special squads to nab him.
Jena was booked under the BNS Sections 64 (2) (rape), 89 (committing miscarriage without woman's permission), 296 (obscene act), and 352 (criminal intimidation), besides Section 6 of the POCSO Act, at the Laxmisagar Police Station in Bhubaneswar, where the survivor lodged a complaint on Wednesday.
Earlier on Saturday, the police arrested five associates of Jena.
