A Constable was attacked on his head with sharp weapons by four miscreants at Soubhagya Nagar here on Monday.
The miscreants attacked the policeman with a sword in front of The World Gym centre at Soubhagya Nagar.
The injured cop Shakti Prasad Barik (26) was admitted to the AIIMS, Bhubaneswar in a critical condition.
Police sources said the miscreants were searching for gym owner Munna and his brother Bapi and had gone there with an intention to attack them but couldn’t find them.
Meanwhile, they asked Barik, who was doing exercise in the gym, about the duo’s whereabouts. When he said he didn’t know, they started assaulting him with sharp weapons.
The Constable has suffered deep injuries on hand and head. The incident occurred in broad daylight when the gym and the locality were full of people and vehicles.
Meanwhile, police seized the CCTV footage of the incident and launched a manhunt to nab the culprits.