Berhampur: A group of miscreants allegedly attempted to make a murder accused escape from Kodala police station in Odisha's Ganjam district on Thursday evening.

The incident led to a scuffle with the police as the miscreants tried to take the accused out of the station. However, the police managed to overpower them and keep the accused.

As per reports, the murder accused, Bikram Parida from Chachina village, was detained by the police in connection with the murder of one Dipu Patra in 2023. He was being questioned by the police at around 7:30 PM, when some of his supporters entered the police station and tried to take him away.

This led to a physical altercation with the police. While police succeeded in detaining the accused, the miscreants fled the scene.

Ganjam SP, responding to the incident, confirmed that the accused has been remanded to judicial custody while cases have been filed against two of the miscreants involved in the offence.