Tension erupted at Sunhat under the Town police station on Tuesday morning after a 52-year-old woman sustained serious injuries as a DRDO vehicle carrying men to duty hit her.
Soon after the incident, the enraged locals blocked the traffic by burning tyres on the road, connecting ITI and Chandipur. Due to the picketing, the traffic on the road was disrupted for more than 2 hours. As the result, no vehicles could ply on the road, which facilitates the defence establishments, including PXE, ITR, Chandipur beach and Balaramgqadi fishing base.
The woman who sustained injuries was identified as Ummida Bewa. After her initial admission, she was shifted to the SCB Medical College and Hospital.The irate agitators alleged that the driver sped away after committing the accident. They demanded a speed breaker near the accident site, arrest of the driver and monetary compensation for the victim.
The Town police and other officials of the DRDO on the spot pacified the situation after having discussions with the agitators.Although the vehicular traffic was normalised by 10 am, yet several vehicles of DRDO with men couldn’t turn up for their duty on time.