In a post-poll violence, a Congress supporter on Tuesday attacked a BJD leader with a sharp weapon in Baragadia village under the Kalinganagar police station in Jajpur district.
According to police injured Biswajit Raj (28), a panchayat samiti member, was attacked by a Congress supporter, Papuni Deo, at the village. Injured Raj was first admitted in the local government hospital and, later, shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack as his condition worsened. “A case has been registered and search is on to nab the accused,” said Kalinganagar PS IIC Jyoti Prakash Panda.