In a bizarre incident, a suspected accused, while being interrogated, beat up a woman SI of Police of the Chhend police station here on Thursday evening. Source said one Ashutosh Pujari and his father of the Chhend RDA colony had been brought to the police station for interrogation in a case in which they had attacked their neighbour Banbehari Pattanaik with a sharp weapon. While SI Sanjukta Mahali was interrogating them at about 6.30 pm, Asutosh suddenly slapped two to three blows on her face.
On being informed DSP PK Rout came to the PS and sent the SI for medical checkup after registering a case against Asutosh.
The father-son due was forwarded to court on Friday, police said.