Bhubaneswar: As polling is underway at three Municipal Corporations and 106 Municipalities/NACs in Odisha, separate cases of violence were reported from a few places on Thursday.
A youth was stabbed by miscreants outside polling booth-16 in Ward No-9 of Dhamnagar NAC in Bhadrak district following an altercation over casting a vote.
The youth was first rushed to Bhadrak district headquarters hospital (DHH) and later shifted to SCB Medical College & Hospital in Cuttack.
Nayagarh’s Khandapada block Vice-Chairman Sisir Sahu was attacked by some miscreants outside Khandapada Women’s College booth allegedly over a political rivalry.
In yet another case in Balangir district, Patnagarh MLA Saroj Meher’s brother Pradeep Meher was reportedly assaulted by a group of several BJP workers for allegedly distributing money to influence voters during polling of votes at Kolpada.
Similarly, a man was also assaulted by the public for allegedly distributing cash in ward 53 in Cuttack. He was later detained by police.
