BHUBANESWAR: Dhenkanal MLA Nabin Nanda landed in trouble after some of his supporters on Monday hurled crude bombs at a police vehicle, injuring two constables. Police said they would register a case against Nanda and also seek the Assembly Speaker's permission to arrest him.
While repolling was being held in 69 wards, including two wards at Nihal Prasad in Dhenkanal, in 19 blocks of 11 districts, NCP legislator Nanda alleged that some of his political adversaries had attacked him, his son and his PSO. "Some men at the behest of BJD's zilla parishad candidate attacked us at Nihal Prasad, injuring my son and damaging my vehicle," he told a private news channel.
However, SP (Dhenkanal) Satish Gajbhiye had a different take. "Nanda came to the police station, but despite repeated requests did not file an FIR. He apparently wanted to buy time so that the polling could end. After voting was over, some of his acolytes, including Nanda Nayak, Ananda Nayak (both sons of a defeated zilla parishad candidate Kailash Nayak) blocked the road at Tingua Square between Nihal Prasad and Dhenkanal," Gajbhiye told TOI.
The SP said when the SDPO B N Dandapat rushed to Tingua Square, Nanda's supporters hurled petrol bombs at his vehicle from the rear side. "They possibly thought that the ballot boxes were in the vehicle and wanted to damage those so that elections could be countermanded. Two constables, Hemant Sahu and Subrat Nayak, who were sitting on the rear side of the vehicle were badly injured," Gajbhiye said. He added the injured have been shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack.
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