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CM asks Res Commissioner to help victim

PNS

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday directed the State’s Resident Commissioner in New Delhi to give special attention to the treatment of the Odia woman social activist of Noida who is under medical supervision at the Delhi-based Kailash Hospital after she was stabbed by a miscreant.

Patnaik also asked the Commissioner to coordinate with the Delhi Government for action against the accused. State Commissioner for Women lopamudra Buxipatra and Rajya Sabha member Renubala Pradhan will visit the victim at the hospital. They would discuss with the Delhi police and the Delhi Government urging them to take immediate action against the accused, said Pradhan.

According to reports, the activist is recovering and out of danger. “Doctors are telling that she is out of danger, but unless until she talks with us, how can we know that her condition is fine,” said the activist’s mother. Notably, linkan Subudhi, an IT professional, is working as an activist with a Great Noida social organisation. On Thursday, after being informed about an

11-year-old minor girl’s marriage without her consent, she had gone to rescue her. After reaching there, when she tried to rescue the girl, the girl’s mother and her would-be-husband stabbed her on her head with a knife. As many as 25 stitches were done on her head. She would be kept under observation for next 72 hours. Meanwhile, the police arrested the woman and launched a manhunt to nab the other accused.