Uma Ballav Rath, a Congress candidate from Puri meeting seat was severely injured after he was attacked by unknown miscreants on Sunday. In accordance with the police, Rath, who sustained head and physique accidents, filed a grievance at Kumbharpada police station.
Rath claimed that whereas canvassing close to the bus stand, he was all of the sudden attacked by unknown individuals with bricks and glass bottles. The native residents intervened and saved him, prompting a police response led by the Metropolis DSP.
“Some unknown miscreants assaulted me whereas I used to be canvassing close to the bus stand. Instantly, some individuals got here and attacked me,” Rath, a former MLA, instructed reporters.
It’s suspected that Rath candidature because the Congress nominee might have been a cause for the assault. Although the get together had initially introduced Sujit Mohapatra as its candidate for the seat, it later dropped him and nominated Rath.
Nonetheless, Rath mentioned he wouldn’t blame anybody. “Let the police examine into the matter,” he mentioned.
(With PTI inputs)
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