Electrical Engineer Thrashed in Kendujhar
Anandpur (Reporters Today Bureau): In a shocking incident, an Executive Engineer was attacked and beaten up badly during a field visit to a village in Odisha’s Kendujhar district to collect pending bills from consumers. The Executive Engineer of Nesco, Chittaranjan Mistry sustained severe injuries in the attack by a villager in Hatadihi area under Nandipada police station. He is undergoing treatment at the Anandpur Sub-Divisional Hospital in critical condition.
The engineer along with his team visited the house of a woman electricity consumer, Basanti Mohapatra located on Anna Chhak Canal Road to collect pending electricity bills. While the Executive Engineer was talking to the woman consumer’s husband, her son suddenly attacked the official with a wooden plank.
Even though Mistry’s team members tried to overpower the woman’s son, the attacker beat up the Executive Engineer repeatedly causing severe head injuries to him. A police complaint has been lodged at the Nandipada police station in connection with the incident.
