**Kendrapada: ** With only a couple of days left for Odisha panchayat polls to begin, the number of pre-poll violences is increasing.
In yet another pre-panchayat poll violence incident, five members of two families sustained injuries at Rajgarh village under Mahakalpada block in the district on Friday night.
Both the families got engrossed into a quarrel over their preference of candidate in the three-tier panchayat polls which took a violent turn and a physical fight ensued. The members of both families started hurling stones and bottles at each other in which five persons sustained injuries, according to sources.
Three among the injured were critical and were first admitted to Kendrapada Hospital and later shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.
The police have started their investigation regarding this incident.
Moreover in Jajpur, 2 persons got injured in a group clash at Taranjia village under Dharmasala block over tearing of posters. One is critical and has been shifted to Cuttack SCB Hospital.