Two persons, including a woman, were arrested by the Commissionerate Police on Tuesday for attacking police personnel at Haladipadia slum under the laxmisagar police limits in the city on Monday evening. The two were identified as Jitendra Karana and Mamata Nayak. The police have launched a manhunt to nab other culprits involved in the case.
Notably, members of two families had attacked the laxmisagar police when the cops were trying to rescue one Santosh Jena attacked by fellow slum dwellers over a love affair.
Sources said Jena, father of two children, staying in the slum had left the slum after impregnating a girl from the same locality some days ago. When they found him back there on Sunday night, they tied him to a tree and beat him up mercilessly. On being informed, police rushed to the spot. When they tried to rescue Santosh, enraged residents pelted stones and attacked them with sticks, leaving two cops injured.