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Bhubaneswar: The police on Friday arrested the son of a promient industrialist on the charges of wife swapping in the state capital here. The accused has been identified as Sabyasachi Mishra, son of industrialist and owner of Nayagarh Sugar Mill Trailokya Nath Mishra, said commissioner of police Y B Khurania.

Sabyasachi was arrested by Mahila Police from his Kharavel Nagar house. Sabyasachi's wife Lopamudra, six months ago had accused her husband and his family of torturing her as she refused to take part in wife-swapping. She had also alleged that she was tortured for dowry, both by her husband and his family. According to Lopamudra's allegation, after their marriage, Sabyasachi had taken her abroad where he had forced her to get involved in wife-swapping.