A police team was attacked by a mob during a raid on a gambling den at Meramaha village in Kandhamal district on Saturday night.
The Brahamanigaon IIC Ranjit Kumar Muni who was leading the police team sustained injuries in the attack., was hospitalized.
According to reports, the police tea had raided the village as gambling was underway in the locality on the occasion of Kumar Purnima. The brazen gamblers instead of fleeing from the spot launched amurderous attack on the cops and vandalised the police vehicle. As many as six villagers have been arrested in this connection. Some locals have fled the village to evade arrest as police have launched a hunt to nab the other offenders, reports said.