A Congress-supported youth was severely injured following an attack by some unidentified miscreants in a post-election violence in Paradip on Thursday.
The victim was identified as Jivan of Taranigada village on the outskirts of Paradip town. His elder brother Jitendra was a supporter of the Congress nominee in Paradip Assembly constituency during the polls. This is stated to be the reason behind the attack on Jivan.
The miscreants attacked him with lethal weapons for which he sustained multiple injuries. locals rescued him and shifted him to the Biju Memorial Hospital and then to the SCB Medical College hospital in Cuttack. An FIR was lodged in this connection at the Paradip police station.