A group of drunken youths residing at a slum near the Panda Nursing Home in Unit III under the Kharavel Nagar police limits on Saturday night attacked a journalist near the Padhi Tutorial at Satya Nagar while he was returning from Saheed Nagar after witnessing the Ravan Podi ceremony on foot.
According to the victim Satrughna Biswal who is working as a Correspondent for Odia daily Anupam Bharat here, at around 8.30 pm on Saturday the youths who were coming by five to six motorcycles first pushed him from behind at the Padhi Tutorial and then attacked him mercilessly and took away his wallet containing Rs 600 and his wrist watch.
“Four youths who were coming by a Bullet motorbike recklessly first hit me from backside near the Padhi Tutorial. When I fell down and asked them the reason for such act, the four youths who were later assisted by more than 10 persons together beat me up mercilessly and took away my wallet and wrist watch,” said Biswal.
Before leaving the spot, one of them threatened that he is Jaga of the Unit III area and nobody can do anything to him and his group members, added Biswal.
Meanwhile, the Kharavel Nagar police detained three youths, including the main accused Jaga, and seized a Bullet bike from their possession. The further details were not divulged.