Jajpur (Odisha): A man has been arrested for allegedly misbehaving with a community health worker at a village in Jajpur district of Odisha. The accused, who was arrested on Wednesday, has been identified as 32-year-old Sudarshan Pradhan alias Pakua, said Susanta Kumar Das, Inspector-in-charge of Jenapur police station.

The accredited social health activist (ASHA) worker had gone to Betamali Sasan village to distribute free sanitary napkins among schoolgirls under the state governments Khusi scheme on Saturday afternoon. Pakua met the community health worker on the village road and asked her to give some free sanitary napkins. When she refused to give him the same as he had no school going girl child at his home, the accused allegedly scolded her in improper language, the police said.