In a jolt to ruling Biju Janata Dal, the CBI on Tuesday arrested BJD MP Ramchandra Hansda and former party MLA Subarna Nayak over charges of their links with chit fund firm Nabadiganta Capital Services. Former BJP MLA Hitesh Bagarti too was arrested over the same charges.
Soon after their arrest, BJD chief Naven Patnaik suspended Hansda and Nayak from the party like he had done to party MLA Pravat Tripathy on October 31. BJP in a press release said Bagartti is no longer a member of the party since Assembly polls early this year.