Bhubaneswar: Top businessman of odisha and MD of OSL Group Mahimananda Mishra and his associate Basant Bal were sent to Samagol jail in Jagatsinghpur district on Tuesday in connection with the sensational murder of Mahendra Swain, the general manager of Seaways Shipping and Logististics Limited (SSLL) after court rejected their bail pleas.

Police which lodged the duo in Paradip jail last night, produced them before the office-cum-residence of Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Kujang in the morning. Later lawyers of both Mishra and Bal applied for their bail, which the court rejected.

Meanwhile, the Jagatsinghpur police has been allowed by the court to take Mishra and Bal on a four day remand. The police had applied for a five-day remand of the duo.