Gangster Raja Acharya Gets Bail

Bhubaneswar (Reporters Today Bureau): After 14 months in Jharpara jail, gangster Raja Acharya walked out last evening after being granted conditional bail by the court.

Raja was booked under NSA by the Commissionerate Police in October last year on charges of extortion, creating terror and public nuisance, soon after he had got bail in an extortion case. “Raja was extorting Rs 20,000 from a person every month in connection with construction of a house,” a police official had said.

More than 40 cases are pending against the gangster in various police stations in the twin cities. On November 13, 2019, the Malgodown police had arrested him in connection with an attempt to murder case registered in 2004.