A court here has restrained the telecast of the sex clip allegedly showing city mayor Ananta Narayan Jena in a compromising position with a woman. The clip, which had been uploaded by a web portal and later brought to the media's notice by state student Congress leader Itish Pradhan on Thursday, raised a storm with opposition parties demanding the removal of Jena.

The direction of the civil judge court (senior division) came following a petition filed by Jena on Friday. He had also filed a defamation suit of Rs 1 crore against state Pradhan and the portal's proprietor, Pradeep Pandey, for maligning his reputation.