Chairman of Kendrapada Municipality Dhiren Kumar Sahu was allegedly misbehaved and assaulted by an ambulance driver on Thursday afternoon.
While Sahu was going to see an injured fellow villager to the District Headquarters Hospital, driver Butu Guru of Badahat came near him and misbehaved and later assaulted him.
The chairman lodged an FIR at the Kendrapada Town police station. The police are inquiring into the incident to nab the assailant, said Kendrapara Town PS IIC Pramod Kumar lenka.