Baripada: A tribal youth sustained a extreme harm on his face after he was attacked by a cop throughout helmet checking in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district on Thursday.
One Lugu Hansda of Pasna village below Jamda police limits of Mayurbhanj district had reportedly gone to the native marketplace for purchasing to have a good time the Makar Sankranti right this moment.
Police, who had been conducting a helmet checking on the best way, waylaid Hansda as he had not worn a helmet. Hansda took time to cease his automobile in entrance of cops as he was going at a excessive velocity, because of which they began to abuse him. Besides, they allegedly attacked Hansda on his face dwelling him significantly injured.
Attack on Hansda didn’t go down properly among the many locals, who gheraoed the Jamda police station protesting police brutality. They claimed that police ought to accumulate fines for visitors rule violation and never beat up the violators.
Cops, nonetheless, managed to pacify the irate locals and took Hansda to the Jamda hospital for remedy.
Earlier yesterday, some locals in Tihidi space of Bhadrak district torched a police automobile and beat the cops up following the loss of life of a youth allegedly after being attacked by the police. Likewise, cops and locals had a face-off in Keonjhar district over cockfights.