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Bhadrak (Odisha), Apr 17 (PTI) At least seven persons, including three women, were injured after miscreants hurled crude bombs at them in Odisha's Bhadrak district, police said on Thursday. The incident took place at Kampada village within Tihidi police limits late Wednesday night. Also Read | Judiciary Cannot Direct President of India, Act As 'Super Parliament': VP Jagdeep Dhankhar Expresses Concern Over Supreme Court Ruling on Bill Assent Timeline for President (Watch Video).
Police said two unidentified persons arrived on a motorcycle and lobbed crude bombs at some people who were sitting by the roadside and fled. All the victims were initially rushed to the Tihidi Community Health Centre (CHC) and later shifted to Bhadrak District Headquarters Hospital (DHH). Also Read | Why No FIR in Burnt Cash Discovery at Justice Yashwant Varma's House Case, Questions Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar.
Police identified the injured as Bharati Das (50), Rashmita Das (32) Mama Das (18), Balaram Malik (80), Ramesh Malik (42), Mukti Kanta Das (48) and Subash Das (35). Following the incident, a team from Tihidi police station reached the spot and launched an investigation. "Situation is under control.
Adequate police personnel have been deployed in the area to prevent any untoward incident," said Satyabrata Grahacharya, inspector-in-charge of Tihidi police station. The motive behind the attack was yet to be ascertained, Grahacharya added. (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body).
