A contractor allegedly attacked Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) Vice-Chancellor after storming into his office chamber at Burla on Saturday.
The man suddenly barged into his office room of VC Atal Chaudhuri and started ransacking furniture before throwing a chair at him.
Chaudhuri had a close shave as the chair missed hitting him by a whisker.
The man, who was not known to the VC, was overpowered by the security guards and university staffs and handed over to police.
It was found that the man had done some construction work at the university a few years ago and was to get a refund of Rs 4,000 he had deposited as security money, said Hirakud SDPO Sishu Ranjan Mohapatra.
The man, he said, had never visited the department concerned for the refund but suddenly barged into the VC’s office on Saturday and turned violent, said Mohapatra.