Aide of Another BJD Leader Arrested For Illegal Stone Quarrying
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At a time when the arrest of BJD leader Raja Chakra in a multi-crore scam remains to be the talk of the town, another youth, Lallip Jena, reportedly a close associate of BJD MLA and former Minister Arun Sahoo, has been arrested on the charge of illegally quarrying stone mines and running stone crushers.
Nayagarh, Mar 14: At a time when the arrest of BJD leader Raja Chakra in a multi-crore scam remains to be the talk of the town, another youth, Lallip Jena, reportedly a close associate of BJD MLA and former Minister Arun Sahoo, has been arrested on the charge of illegally quarrying stone mines and running stone crushers.
While Raja Chakra is stated to be an aide of the Bobby-Pandian duo, Lalip Jena's close association with MLA Sahoo seems substantiated by a photo that has gone viral on social media. Police raided illegal stone quarries and crushers and arrested Lalip Jena today.
According to the information, illegal stone quarries and crushers have been operating in Nayagarh's Daspalla and Poibadi hills for years. Acting on complaints, Daspalla police raided illegal crushers and stone quarries and arrested mining mafia Lalit Jena.
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✨Apart from this, compressors used for the blasting of stones, illegal crushers, and illegal stone quarries have been sealed.
Following the arrest, a photo of MLA Arun Sahoo and Lalip Jena went viral on social media. After his bail plea was rejected, Lalip Jena was sent to judicial custody.
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