Sundargarh: A woman Samiti Member candidate of Govindpur in Bonai block of Sundagarh district has been hospitalised after being allegedly attacked during an election campaign on Sunday evening.
Reportedly, Pushpita Jena of Patrapali was carrying out a door-to-door campaign last evening when three miscreants arrived on a motorcycle and hit her from the back. As a result, she fell down at the spot.
On getting information, her family members rescued her and rushed her to Bonai Community Health Centre (CHC). She was later shifted to Rourkela Government Hospital (RGH) as her condition worsened.
As per her husband, Pushpita had been receiving threats and earlier had been pressurized to withdraw her nomination papers from the panchayat polls. Meanwhile, police have initiated a probe into the matter.
