Jr Mining Officer critical in attack by sand mafia

A Junior Mining Officer was critically injured after he was brutally assaulted by a local sand mafia head and his henchmen while inspecting a sand mining site on Budhabalanga riverbed near Kathasangada under Remuna tehsil in Balasore district Tuesday, police said.

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The victim officer, identified as Tapas Kumar Behera, sustained critical injuries on his heads and hand in the attack. Police reached the spot and took him to Balasore district headquarters hospital where he is currently under-going treatment.

An officer from Remuna police station said the incident occurred at Kathasangada when Behera, along with an official and the driver of his vehicle, went to inspect the sand mining site on Budhabalanga riverbed.