Inspector-in-Charge (IIC) of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Titilagarh in Balangir district Sushil Kumar Pathak was hospitalised after he was brutally attacked by three masked men.
According to reports, Pathak was returning home on Saturday night after attending a meeting with his colleagues when the miscreants targeted him. Finding him alone near Old Malgodown Square, the masked men appeared all of a sudden and started beating him with iron rod and pipes.
He has sustained grievous injuries in his chest, face and head. He was first rushed to the Titilagarh Sub-Divisional Hospital before being shifted to the local railways hospital on Sunday morning. Sources said he might be transferred to the Sambalpur Divisional Railway Hospital for better treatment.
Meanwhile, an FIR in this regard was lodged but no one was yet to be arrested. The cop said he doesn’t know why he was targeted, saying he has no enmity with anyone.
It was believed that Pathak might have been attacked as he didn’t allow some people to do illegal business at the railway station.