CUTTACK: Senior BJP leader and former minister Jayanarayan Mishra , who was arrested in March in connection with the murder of a BJD worker , was granted bail by the Orissa high court on Tuesday.While granting the bail, bench of Justice D Dash has directed Mishra to cooperate in the investigation process and not to leave his native place without the permission of the lower court. He has also been asked to produce two sureties of Rs 50,000 each.Police on March 16 had arrested Mishra for allegedly attacking BJD leader and state labour minister Sushant Singh’s younger brother Subrat and his three associates on February 22, two days before the by-election in Bijepur in Bargarh district.According to Police, Mishra was part of the group which attacked the minister’s brother and his three associates Kartik Nag, Dileswar Sahu and Khageswar Mahamallik at Banabira under Sohela police limits in Bargarh district. Later, one of the victims Dileswar, who was driver of Subrat, died in a hospital .Subsequently police registered a case under Section 302, 147, 148, 302 and Arms act against Mishra.“We cited in court that there was no tangible evidence against my client in the case. Still he has been framed in the case as part of a political conspiracy,” said Mishra’s counsel, Pitambar Acharya.Notably, Orissa high court in May had granted interim bail for one and half months to Mishra on health grounds. As the BJP leader was suffering from kidney related problems, he underwent treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack and later visited AIIMS, Delhi, for better treatment.After expiry of the interim bail period, Mishra had surrendered before the Sohela sub-divisional judicial magistrate (SDJM) court on June 29 and had moved high court for a regular bail. Mishra had prayed in his bail petition that he has become a victim of political rivalry.

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