Protesting against police inaction in arresting a youth who had assaulted a Revenue Inspector (RI) two days ago, Balikuda Tehsil office employees resorted to pen-down stir on Friday. Reports said that victim RI Susanta Kumar Swain accompanying Tehsildar Sidhartha Shankar Sahoo had visited Balipatana Haat for conducting a field inspection where a local youth Subash Chandra Nayak assaulted RI Swain following an altercation for which Swain had sustained injuries.
A complaint was lodged in Balikuda police station by RI Swain against the youth on Wednesday but after passing of two days, the police did not arrest the accused.
Tehsil supervisor Kalandi Swain said if police failed to arrest the youth soon then the stir would be intensified.
On the other hand, the police refuted the allegation that the investigation was progressing in a trivial manner and added that after committing the crime the accused had been absconding from village.
A search drive has been launched to trace the accused, informed Balikuda police station IIC Sarveswar Behera.