A 50-year-old widow, Ujjwali Behera, of Pataranga village under the Korai police station was brutally attacked by a Para forest staff of Jajpur Road forest range, Dhaneswar Das, and his wife over a land dispute on Saturday evening.
In a senseless state, critically injured Ujjwali was first rushed to a local hospital but later shifted to the Jajpur District Headquarters Hospital as her condition worsened.
When contacted, Korai PS IIC Chinmayee Sahoo said she is away and, on her return, a case would be registered on the complaint of Uujjwali’s son-in-law.
According to villagers, Ujjwali is a poor widow and has a mentally-challenged son. Ujjwali has built a house under the Indira Awas Yojana. Saying the land is disputed, Dhaneswar had threatened her to leave the homestead land.
Earlier, Dhaneswar had also attacked her several times. Even Dhaneswar had also signed an undertaking not to quarrel with Ujjwali further in the presence of Jajpur Road Forest Ranger and district-level police officer.
locals demanded a high-level probe into the matter.