A man was injured after a youth residing at the same Mochi Sahi slum near the Old Station Bazaar area in the city threw acid on him, the laxmisagar police said on Tuesday.
The victim Tapas Sahu of Bhadrak district, presently staying at the slum, was returning home from market in the morning when the incident occurred. The victim sustained injuries on his chest, hand and leg.Sahu lodged a complaint with the local police against the attacker. The police arrested one Nunu Babu Soni belonging to Jamalpur in Khajuria district of Bihar, who is presently staying at the Mochi Sahi slum. According to the police, Soni and Sahu had an argument over a silly matter in the morning. Irked over Sahu’s comment on him, Soni suddenly threw the acid on him.