Saturday, April 10, 2021

Three held for bomb attack on RTI activist

Times of India: Bhubaneswar: Saturday, 10 April 2021.
Police on Thursday arrested three persons in connection with an attack on RTI activist and BJP leader Sarbeswar Beura in Jajpur district on March 27.
All three had hurled bombs at Beura at Imam Nagar under Dharmasala police station when he was returning home in Jaraka along with an associate in a car. He was first admitted to the community health centre at Dharamsala and then shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, after his condition turned serious.
The motive behind the attack is yet to be established. The men were booked under sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC and sections 3 and 5 of the explosives act. Steps are on to apprehend more persons in this case, said Rahul P R, SP Jajpur.