TV channel sealed over editor’s bribery claims against SME minister Nityananda Gond

BHUBANESWAR: The city police on Sunday night sealed the office of regional news channel Focus Plus over its editor-in-chief Sudhansu Sekhar Rout’s alleged defamatory remarks and bribery claims against School and Mass Education minister Nityananda Gond.

Police said Rout is currently absconding. The cops, meanwhile, arrested the organisation’s operational manager Sukanta Kumar Nayak (29) and reporter Saroj Rath (32) on charges of assisting Rout in evading arrest.