By Express News Service
BERHAMPUR/ASKA: In one more incident of post-poll violence in Ganjam, a newly-elected ward member was chased down the road by a bunch of armed miscreants and brutally hacked to dying in Kendupadar village below Aska block right here on Sunday night time. Three different individuals additionally sustained grievous accidents within the assault.
The deceased was recognized as 35-year-old Bulu Swain, who was elected as ward member within the just-concluded panchayat polls.
Sources stated that Bulu and three of this associates had been chatting close to Kendupadar College at round 10 pm within the night time when round 20 youths armed with sharp weapons and iron rods reached the spot and attacked them. While three of them fell down after sustaining important accidents, Bulu ran for his life.
However, the assailants chased him down and hacked him mercilessly. Instead of coming to the rescue of Bulu, fear-stricken villagers shut their doorways and remained inside their houses. On being knowledgeable, Gangapur police reached the village and rushed Bulu and his three associates to Aska sub-divisional hospital. However, docs declared Bulu useless. The trio was shifted to MKCG Medical College and Hospital.
Sources stated the assault was a fallout of a dispute over bursting of crackers throughout procession for block chairperson election. On Sunday, Addl SP (Ganjam) BK Mallick, Bhanjanagar SDPO SS Mishra together with a scientific staff and sniffer canine reached the village for investigation.
Gangapur IIC D Gamang stated the deceased’s physique was handed over to his household after post-mortem. “Police have detained 21 persons who are being interrogated. We have deployed armed police in the village to prevent any further clash,” the IIC added.
In a separate incident, supporters of a newly-elected sarpanch ransacked the panchayat workplace and set furnishings on hearth in Motabadi below Buguda block.
Sources stated after the election to naib-sarpanch publish, a quarrel broke out between supporters of the previous and new sarpanch of Motabadi. Though village elders managed to deliver the state of affairs below management and prevented a conflict, supporters of the newly-elected sarpanch ransacked the panchayat workplace and set ablaze the furnishings inside it.
On Sunday, former sarpanch Nirmala Nayak lodged a grievance with native police on this connection. Ganjam has witnessed over a dozen of incidents of poll-related violence in February leading to accidents to fifteen individuals.
