Bhubaneswar: A day ahead of Odisha’s student union elections, returning to campuses after an eight-year gap, two separate incidents have heightened tensions – the detention of Biju Chhatra Janata Dal (BCJD) leaders in Balangir on allegations of abducting a student, and the disappearance of an Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP)-backed candidate from his hostel in Jajpur.Balangir police took president of the district unit of the BCJD Suman Nanda and BYD Odisha working president Rajendra Hota into custody on Wednesday in connection with the alleged abduction. Personnel from Laxmijore police station detained him after the “Why I Stand For” programme, a pre-poll event where candidates outline their platforms, and later produced him before a court under tight security.
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