Bhubaneswar: The Lingaraj police arrested a father-son duo on the charges of assaulting a daily-wage labourer near Ananta Basudev Temple here, Saturday.
The accused were identified as Papu Parida, 50 and his son Pratap Parida, 20. They are natives of Nayagarh district. The complainant, Papuna Behera, and the duo work at a construction site in the City, IIC of Lingaraj police station Purnachandra Pradhan said.
According to Pradhan, Papuna attacked the duo, June 19, as Papu and Pratap hurled abuses at him. Following a scuffle, Papuna attacked them with a wooden plank. The locals, however, intervened and pacified them.
On the other hand, the duo was seething with anger against Papuna for assaulting them. While the latter was returning home after work Friday night, the father-son attacked him with an iron rod inflicting him severe injury on head. Papuna’s arms were also fractured..
The Lingaraj police has booked the duo under Sections 341 and 323 of IPC and produced them before a local court Saturday.
Debadurllav Harichandan, OP