Odisha BJP youth wing VP’s brother detained

ROURKELA: Police on Thursday detained the brother of state BJP Yuva Morcha vice-president Ankush Verma’s brother Ankit for allegedly assaulting a contractual employee of Rourkela Steel Plant and his project manager on the premises of Sector-19 police station on Tuesday night.

The complainant, Gajendra Maharana said Ankit along with BJP leaders Ankush, Bajrangi Chhatri and others had been threatening a project manager of RSP under whom he worked on a contractual basis. Gajendra said the project manager had called him to the police station to lodge a complaint against Ankit. They were assaulted by Ankit at the police station.