Former Odisha law minister arrested in dowry case
March 30, 2013  09:47
The Odisha police on Saturday arrested former law minister Raghunath Mohanty in connection with the alleged harassment of his daughter-in-law for dowry. 

The development came days after the Odisha High Court dismissed the petition of Mohanty seeking quashing of the first information report (FIR) registered against him and his family. 

Mohanty had also applied for interim protection for his family and himself against possible police action. The court refused to grant any interim protection. 

Mohanty, five-time legislator from Basta constituency in Balasore district, had remained incommunicado ever since he resigned from the state Cabinet on March 15, a day after his daughter-in-law accused him of torturing her for dowry. 

Mohanty was holding the portfolios of urban development, law, and information technology. 

In her complaint at the police station in the district headquarters town of Balasore, about 220 km from here, the victim Barsa Swony Choudhury, who holds a Bachelor of Technology (B-Tech) degree, on March 14 alleged that she was tortured by her husband Raja Shree, both physically and mentally, ever since she married him in June 2012. 
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