Protesting police inaction in arresting a youth who had assaulted a Revenue Inspector [RI] one week ago, eight employees associations functioning in Jagatsinghpur district resorted to cease work on Wednesday.
Following employees' strike, administrative works in all blocks, Tehsils and Government offices remained were stalled. The agitating employees threatened to continue the stir unless their demands were not met. 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.
Meanwhile, a complaint had been lodged in Balikuda police station by RI Swain against the youth on January 20, but after passage of a week, police have not arrested the accused.On the other hand, police refuted allegation that investigation was progressing in a trivial manner and added that after committing the crime the accused had been absconding from village. A manhunt has been launched to nab the accused, informed Balikuda police station IIC Sarbeswar Behera.