Tension erupted near the Kodinga police station in Nabarangpur district on Sunday over the alleged death of a 62-year-old person who had been detained by cops on Saturday.
According to reports, Gobardhan Bindhani of Panjaraguda village under the Dabugaon police limits had been picked up by police from the Khatiguda market over his alleged involvement in betting.
Gobardhan was detained at the Kodinga police station and later taken to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) as his health condition deteriorated. He was then shifted to a hospital in Visakhapatnam.
Family members of Gobardhan, on being informed by a particular source about his death at the hospital, staged a road blockade near the police station by burning tyres. The situation turned ugly when Gobardhan’s kin and locals scaled the boundary wall of the police station and resorted to ransacking in the police station.
Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC were clamped at the spot to avoid any further untoward incident.