In yet another incident of violence at Cuttack distgrict’s Niali, which was in news for poll-related violence during the recent panchayat elections, unidentified miscreants hurled bombs at a Hiwa kept at a road construction site at the Jalharpur-Ponda road on Friday. The construction work came to a temporary halt after the incident which triggered panic among the locals and the contractor.
According to reports, the bike-borne miscreants reached the construction site in afternoon and started assaulting the workers.
later, they resorted to bomb hurling targeting the site. One of the bombs hit a Hiwa and damaged it. The miscreants immediately left the spot after the incident. Sources said the miscreants also opened blank fire.
While police started investigation reaching the spot, it was learnt that the attackers were six in number. The police launched a manhunt to nab the miscreants.