Tension ran high on the premises of the Congress Bhawan in Puri on Monday afternoon when two groups clashed leaving three party members injured.
The injured Swapnajit Ray, Alok Das and Ashutosh Mishra were admitted to the Puri Sadar hospital. Of them, the condition of Ashutosh was stated to be critical.
The fight broke out in the presence of Congress Odisha in-charge Jitendra Singh, PCC president Niranjan Patnaik and former MP Pradeep Majhi.
When Singh and Patnaik were entering the party office premises to attend a review meeting, the rival groups attacked each other with sharp weapon and iron rods.
Based on a complaint lodged at the town’s Kumbharapada police station, cops initiated a probe and detained a person for questioning.