A passenger of a bus was seriously injured in an arrow attack near Bali Hill under the Daitari police limits in tribals-dominated Keonjhar district on Tuesday evening.
Unidentified miscreants launched multiple arrows towards the bus in which the victim, identified as Uttam Mahanta, a worker at a mine at Daitari, and other workers were returning from workplace.
One of the arrows entered inside the bus through its window and penetrated Uttam’s belly, leaving him critically injured.
He was rushed to the Tata Hospital at Duburi, where doctors removed the arrow from his body safely.
Police have started an investigation into the incident.