Puri district’s Gop block Vice-Chairman Niranjan Mohapatra was hospitalised after being attacked by some miscreants near Subarnapur on Thursday. According to sources, the assailants hit Mohapatra with sharp weapons when he was on his way to the block office. He sustained injuries on his hands and fingers. “like every day, I was going to office. Suddenly, Prakash Swain, Prabhat Swain and Sumanta Swain of Olandi area attacked me with rods and swords. They also attacked the people who tried to save me,” Mohapatra said.
Asked about the reason behind the attack, Mohapatra said it was “political enmity”. They had also attacked him on May 5, he said. Mohapatra has been shifted to a hospital in Bhubaneswar.