Man arrested for attack on RI office employees in Odisha’s Berhampur

BERHAMPUR: Berhampur Sadar police on Wednesday arrested a 54-year-old man for allegedly attacking government employees inside the office of revenue inspector (RI) in Kukudakhandi.

Police sources said the accused, Rabindra Nath Bhuyan of Lathi village, reached the RI office with a copy of land RoR and asked the employees to show him his plot. On being asked to apply for demarcation at tehsil office, he became furious and abused the staff in vulgar language and threatened them before leaving the office.

Later in the evening, Bhuyan again arrived at the RI office with a sharp weapon and assaulted assistant RI Himansu Sekhar Jena without any provocation. Jena suffered injuries on his face and his eyeglasses were damaged in the attack.