An Additional Tehsildar and a Revenue Inspector (RI) were severely injured after unidentified miscreants barged into the Revenue Inspector’s (RI) office at Manjuri Road under the Bhandaripokhari police station in Bhadrak district and brutally assaulted them on Monday.
Sources said the attackers are members of a local sand mafia. Additional Tehsildar Sarat Chandra Swain, Revenue Inspector Ram Narayan Samal and another injured staff identified as Pradeep Kumar Jena were admitted to the Bhandaripokhari Community Health Centre.
On receiving information, police reached the spot and began an inquiry in this connection. But they were yet to identify the miscreants and nab them.