The Erasama block Panchayat Samiti [PS] member Ranjan Swain [50] hailing from Nuadi Grama Panchayat, who had been brutally attacked near Tulapada bridge on Naubelari –Erasama road on Tuesday and was later shifted to the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack for treatment, succumbed to his injuries on Thursday.
Soon after the PS member’s death news reached his village, hundreds of villagers protested before Erasama police station demanding action against the culprits who had attacked Swain. Police swung in to action, picked up one Ravi Paital, a resident of Ekagharia village under Erasama block, and launched a drive to arrest the other three persons involved in the case. Meanwhile, the Jagatsinghpur SP rushed to the Erasama police station on Thursday afternoon and transferred IIC laxmidhar Swain for laxity in duty. He assured that the rest accused would be arrested soon. Reports said that deceased Swain had old enmity with a few persons in his village. On Tuesday night when he was returning home, he was attacked by those people. The attackers had pulled out an eye of Swain. locals had rescued him.