Irate youths ransacked the Pradhanpali Grid office in Bargarh town on Tuesday protesting against frequent unscheduled power cuts.
Following the incident, the Wesco Executive Engineer lodged a complaint in the Town police station. Police detained 10 youths involved in the incident, said sources.
However, the detained youths alleged of police excess.
“Yesterday, there was power cut in our locality for the whole day. We went to the electric office for inquiry but suddenly around 25 policemen abused and physically assaulted us,” alleged one of the detained youths.
However, police refuted the allegations made against them, terming it as baseless.
“Based on the complaint lodged by Executive Engineer BB Satpathy, a police team reached the Grid office and detained 10 youths involved in the incident. Their allegations of physical assault are baseless,” said Bargarh Town police station IIC Bibhuti Bhusan Bhoi.