JSW project supporter Abhi Samal hailing from Dhinkia village under Abhyachandpur area in Erasama block was brutally attacked by a few anti-project activists on Saturday night.
According to Samal who lodged an FIR at the Abhyachandpur police station on Sunday, he was taking dinner in his house when a group of anti-JSW men of the village allegedly barged into his house and scolded him using filthy language; then they attacked him brutally. They threatened him to refrain from backing the project or else face dire consequences, including ostracisation from the village.
Jagatinghpur SP Akheleshvar Sing said a case has been registered in Abhyachandpur police station against the culprits under different Sections of IPC and SC /ST Act and an investigation was underway.