The administration had to tighten security at the entire MKCG Medical College Hospital premises here when three Ministers, Snehangini Chhuria, Ramesh Majhi and Sudam Marandi, and former Rajya Sabha member Bhupinder Singh visited the hospital to meet the three injured civilians of the Kandhamal firing incident on Tuesday evening.
They enquired about health condition of the injured, Godisi Digal, Tempo Mallick and lutu Digal. While lutu is undergoing treatment at the Surgery Department, the other two are in Orthopaedics Department.
As many as five platoons of police force were deployed in the entire MKCG campus as it was apprehended that opposition political party workers might create trouble during the Ministers’ visit.
Earlier in the afternoon, BJP workers had protested the visit of Higher Education Minister Pradeep Panigrhai and Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Sanjay Dasburam to the Brahmapur University.
Two SDPOs and four IICs were in the charge of providing security to the Ministers, according to sources.
local MlA Dr Ramesh Chandra Chyaupatnaik, BDA Chairman Subash Moharana, Corporators and many BJD leaders had accompanied the Ministers to the medical.
On Monday, Congress and BJP teams had met the injured and enquired about their health condition from medical authorities.