In an example of the deteriorating law and order situation in the district, a former police officer sustained injuries after being allegedly attacked and robbed by unidentified miscreants near the Forest Department inspection gate here on Wednesday.
The victim was identified as Bishnu Prasad Padhi, a former Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP).
According to sources, Padhi had gone for morning walk when the bike-borne miscreants attacked him with an axe and robbed him of his mobile phone and some money.
He sustained injuries on his head and admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH).