A Orissa Congress MLA Ramesh Jena, who allegedly hired two assasins to kill a gangster, was remanded to judicial custosy today after being arrested from Visakhanapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
            A police team from here nabbed the legislator, who represents Sanakhemundi constituency in Ganjam district, from Visakhapatnam yesterday, they said.
            Jena was wanted in connection with the killing of gangster Rabi on January 1 here.
            The hunt for the legislator began after the main accused, a father-son duo, Susanta Bisoi and Siba Bisoi, arrested from Bangalore claimed that Jena had hired them to eliminate Rabi.
            Meanwhile, in protest against his arrest, his supporters called an impromptu bandh here and at Sanakhemundi affecting normal life.