Woman held for ‘trespassing, damaging’ BJD MLA’s home in Bhubaneswar

In February, the woman lodged a complaint at a mahila police station alleging that Pradhan physically tortured her when she demanded the status of a wife. Police had asked her to approach courts as the case fell under section 493 of IPC (Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage) — a non-cognizable offence.

Pradhan said the woman was not his wife and that he had helped her out a few times in the past. “People have seen a woman ransacking my residence. Law will take its course,” said the MLA.