Balasore: A man was critically injured after some miscreants attacked him with a sharp weapon at Panapana village under Khantapada police limits in Soro block of Balasore district late Thursday night.
The victim has been identified as Dilip Das, a resident of same village. He works at a prawn factory under Khantapada police limits.
According to police officials, some unidentified miscreants knocked on the door of Dilip’s house late Thursday night. They attacked Dilip with sharp weapons when he opened the door. The accused men fled the spot after committing the crime.
After spotting the victim drenched in blood, some labourers of the factory initially rushed him to Khantapada community health centre. Later, he was shifted to district headquarters hospital (DHH) after his health condition deteriorated.
On being informed, Khantapada police reached the spot and started an investigation into the incident.
Even though the exact reason behind the assault is yet to be known, it suspected that Dilip was attacked over past enmity.
PNN