Tension prevailed in the Banki area of Cuttack district when a woman police official allegedly beat up a man, who was taking his ailing wife to a hospital during lockdown on Saturday.
The incident occurred at around 8.30 am when Basant Mohanty, a resident of Harirajpur under the Banki police limits, was carrying his wife Pushpalata on a motorcycle to the Banki Sub-Divisional Hospital (SDH) for treatment.
On the way at Kacheri Square, the woman police personnel deployed for enforcement of lockdown stopped him and did not allow his vehicle into Banki town.
Mohanty pleaded with the policewoman for permission to take his wife on the bike citing medical ground. However, the angry cop hit his head with baton leaving him with head injuries and took him to the police station.