Former Odisha MLA Arjun Charan Das dies in road accident

Jajpur: Former Congress MLA Arjun Charan Das died in a road accident on Kharasrota bridge in Jajpur district today.

According to reports, a speeding Hyva truck ran over the politician while he was travelling to Bhubaneswar from Jajpur on his motorcycle on the Kharasrota River bridge this morning.

Arjun Das, the son of former Jajpur MP Anadi Das, was the Congress legislator from Binjharpur Assembly Constituency between 1995 and 2000.

Recently, the former Congressman had joined the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi, led by Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.