A Block Development Officer (BDO) in Ganjam district turned a Good Samaritan for a woman, who suffered critical injuries during a broad daylight loot incident on Thursday.
The woman, identified as Sumitra Gouda of Khambari village in the Digapahandi area and her husband Santosh were going to Brahmapur in connection with some hospital work. At Anangpur, two miscreants came by a two-wheeler and snatched a bag the woman was carrying, following which she fell on the ground.
While the miscreants decamped with the bag containing Rs 35,000, Sumitra, who was riding the pillion of the motorcycle, was critically injured in her head and face.
Fortunately, Digapahandi BDO Haladhar Sabar, who was passing through the road at that time, came to her rescue and rushed her to a hospital at Digapahandi in his vehicle, said Sumitra’s husband.
Meanwhile, the Digapahandi police began an investigation into the incident.