The Town police on Wednesday arrested four persons, including a Public Health Department (PHD) staff, in connection with the altercation and attack inside the PHD office at Modipada here on Tuesday.
Police arrested Suresh Mukhi, a PHD staff, and his son Riki Mukhi. The duo attacked some residents of Kanijuri with swords when they had come to the PHD office to demand regular supply of drinking water to their locality.Acting on the FIR filed by the PHD staff, police also arrested other two persons of Kanijuri village, Akshaya Patnaik and Artatrana Mishra.All the four persons were forwarded to court.
In a surprising turn, Suresh Mukhi has lodged an FIR against Jashbir Singh, a Press photographer. Singh was the first man to reach the spot and took the photographs of the incident including the Mukhi duo attacking the people with swords.
But in the FIR, Suresh has alleged that Singh scolded him accusing him of his caste. Meanwhile, the Press Club of Sambalpur expressed its sharp reaction over the matter.Members of the club met the Additional SP and apprised him that Jashbir was innocent.