Bhubaneswar, May 17: Police have arrested Saka Sujit Kumar, the Congress candidate from the Digapahandi Assembly constituency in Odisha’s Ganjam district, on charges of allegedly assaulting a business rival.

The incident reportedly occurred near the Berhampur police station on Wednesday, and Kumar was detained on Thursday. According to Berhampur SP Sarthak Sarangi, three individuals, including a builder named Sudhansu Sangram Padhy from Sihala, were injured in the alleged assault.

The conflict began when some miscreants attacked Padhy’s staff while they were working at a plot in the Kukudakhandi area. As Padhy and his staff headed to the police station to file a complaint, the Congress nominee and his associates allegedly attacked them, the police reported on Friday.

In addition to Kumar, the police also arrested K Amit Kumar, an associate of the Congress candidate, who is involved in the real estate business.

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