A youth attacked the car of Erasama Tehsildar Chaudhury Pragnyanandan Das at Japa Chhak in Jagatsinghpur district while the official had gone there for enforcement of Covid lockdown norms.The incident which took place on June 14 was caught on camera. A team led by the Tehsildar found that three shops selling non-essential items were open at Japa Chhak, violating the lockdown guidelines. When Das was reprimanding the shopkeepers and asked them to close the shops, one of the traders vandalised the official’s car and broke the windshield.
But the Tehsildar and other officials, who were in the car, managed to escape unhurt. Later, on the basis of a complaint lodged by Das, the Erasama police have arrested the accused youth, identified as one Chandan Behera.