Fellow locals of Papuna Behera (23) of Mandapsahi in laxmisagar, who died in a road mishap on Saturday evening, blocked the NH-5 near the Acharya Vihar Square on Sunday demanding police action against the car driver who hit him and compensation to the victim’s family.
Earlier to the road blockade they gheraoed the Mancheswar police station and staged a demonstration at the Capital Hospital protesting negligence in providing blood to the victim. However, after intervention of DCP Nitinjeet Singh, the protestors called off their agitation. On Saturday evening, a car collided Papuna’s vehicle from behind near GGP Colony at Palasuni.
Papuna, along with his mother Urmila Behera (54), was returning from his sister’s house at Jharipatna in Mancheswar. They both were rushed to Capital Hospital in critical conditions and later they were shifted to a private hospital where doctors declared Papuna brought dead.