Three persons were critically injured after unidentified miscreants threw acid at them at Patali Panka village under Mahakalpada block of the district late on Tuesday night.
Sources said one Himansu Barik, his wife Namita Barik and their two-year-old girl Subhashree sustained severe injuries after some unidentified miscreants attacked them with acid while they were sleeping in their house at Patali Panka village under the Marsaghai police station.
Critically injured, all three of them were rushed to a private hospital in Cuttack. Himanshu reportedly sustained critical injuries in his eyes in the incident.
The exact reason behind the attack is yet to be ascertained though police have initiated an investigation into it.