Paradip: Tirtol police have on Monday detained six persons including a Sarpanch candidate for allegedly attacking and damaging former minister Damodar Rout’s vehicle during poll campaigning in Sailo panchayat under Kujanga block in Jagatsinghpur district on Sunday.
As per reports, on Sunday evening tension erupted in Sailo panchayat in a face-off between two rival candidates and their supporters. During the same time Rout was passing through that area, in the melee, some miscreants misbehaved with the former minister and damaged his vehicle. Following a request by his supporters, Rout filed a written complaint with Kujanga BDO-cum-Block Election Officer over the incident.
The BDO later lodged a complaint at the Tirtol police station in this regard.
Following the BDO’s complaint, Tirtol police have detained Sarpanch candidate Saroj Sethi and five others.
