As per reports, the doctor Kamalkant Jena, an ENT specialist at the district headquarters hospital was stopped by the constables during a helmet checking drive early this morning.
Jena in his police complaint said that despite agreeing to pay the fine for not wearing a helmet, he was attacked by the constables.
"The constables verbally abused me and when I raised objection and agreed to pay the fine, they slapped and hit me with sticks they were carrying," the doctor broke down while narrating the incident.
Jena who sustained injuries in the incident was later admitted to the district headquarters hospital.
"Around 11 am today I saw police constables attacking Dr Jena. After my intervention they stopped and later we brought him to the hospital. This is blatant misuse of power," Dilip Deo, an eyewitness said.
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Meanwhile, the Odisha Medical Services Association (OMSA) President has lodged a complaint at the Angul police station in connection with the incident. The Association has warned that healthcare service will be discontinued if no action is taken against the constables within 24 hours.
On the other hand, SDPO Harihar Pani has assured action against the erring constables. "After a proper investigation, necessary action will be taken against the accused," Pani said.
Reports said the irate people of Baghamari village locked the Baghamari Panchayat office protesting the brutal murder of a woman Mini Dalabehera, who had filed her nomination as a Congress candidate for the post of sarpanch of Baghamari panchayat.
Following the protest by the villagers, the Treasury Officer who was assigned to verify nomination papers had to return to the district headquarters.
Besides Dalabehera, two other candidates had also filed their nominations.
The half-burnt body of the woman sarpanch candidate was found inside Sagada hill forest on January 11.
The body was later taken to MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur for post mortem which was conducted by the doctors of the FMT department.
As informed by the doctors, the miscreants had set the body of the woman on fire after killing her.
The doctors, however, said it was not established whether the miscreants had raped her as the genital part of the body was burnt.
While the chief minister will attend the I-day celebration in Bhubaneswar, the following is the list of ministers who would unfurl the Tri-colour in 18 district headquarters.
Sambalpur-Pradip Amat, Balasore-Damodar Rout, Puri-Debi Prasad Mishra, Dhenkanal-Pradip Maharathy, Cuttack-Bikram Keshari Arukh, Keonjhar-Jogendra Behera, Kendrapara-Usha Devi, Malkangiri- Lal Bihari Himirika, Jajpur-Badri Narayan Patra, Mayurbhanj-Pushpendra Singhdeo, Kalahandi- Prafulla Mallick, Kandhamal-Ramesh Majhi, Bhadrak-Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, Angul-Arun Sahu, Nabarangpur-Sanjay Das Burma, Sundargarh-Sudam Marandi, Jagatsinghpur-Ashok Panda and Koraput-Pranab Prakash Das.
The respective collectors will unfurl the national flag in the remaining 12 districts.