Odisha police on Monday arrested newly-elected Biju Janata Dal MLA Saroj Kumar Meher for allegedly forcing a junior engineer from a tribal community to do sit-ups in public.
The incident came to light when a purported video went viral showing the MLA asking the PWD engineer to do sit-ups in public.
The incident took place in Patnagarh assembly segment on June 5.
After statewide furore, Balangir collector Arindam Dakua ordered an enquiry by the sub-collector to verify the allegations.
The enquiry report stated that due to sub-standard road construction work, the Patnagarh MLA ‘punished’ Jayakanta Sabar in public and also asked the engineer-in-charge to slap him.
Meher was booked under different sections of the Indian Penal Code based on the FIR filed by the engineer’s wife.
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