BMC additional commissioner thrashed by miscreants in office chamber, 3 held

Expressing shock LOP Patnaik urged CM Majhi to take immediate, exemplary action

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SENIOR Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo was allegedly dragged from his office and assaulted by a group of miscreants on Monday, police said.

Sahoo has lodged an FIR at Kharvelnagar police station.

"An FIR has been registered at the Kharvel Nagar police station by the officer. We have arrested three persons so far," Bhubaneswar DCP Jagmohan Meena told PTI.

The police have so far arrested Jeevan Rout, Rashmi Mahapatra and Debashis Pradhan. Further investigation is on. Involvement of other persons is being ascertained, the DCP said.

BJD supporters blocked the main arterial road Janpath to protest the assault of the OAS officer.

The OAS association has demanded stringent action against the culprits, whose picture was captured on CCTV camera.

Leader of Opposition and BJD president Naveen Patnaik in a post on X asked Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, who is also in charge of the Home department, to “restore faith in his government and not allow this heinous act to go unpunished like the assault on an officer by the ex-Governor's son."