‘Communication hole’: Bengal ballot officers on SIR responsibility assaulted in Odisha after ‘mistakenly’ coming into village | India Information
2 min learnBhubaneswarUp to date: Feb 27, 2026 04:40 AM IST
The Odisha Police on Thursday arrested a minimum of 72 folks, together with 23 ladies, for allegedly assaulting two ballot officers from West Bengal. Police mentioned native residents suspected the ballot officers, who “mistakenly” entered their village, of being youngster abductors.
In response to police, Sumit Hazra and Som Hansda had been financial institution staff deputed as micro-observers to oversee the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) train at Baliagaria block below Nayagram police station limits in West Bengal. They mistakenly entered the close by Rajnagar village, below Raibania police station limits in Odisha’s Balasore district, on Wednesday, authorities mentioned.
“Unable to get any transportation facility to go to their designated locations, the 2 officers requested an autorickshaw, which was on faculty responsibility, to take them to Nayagram. The auto driver declined their request. As they had been ready to get an alternate transportation facility, somebody unfold a hearsay concerning the motion of kid lifters within the space. On account of a communication hole, the villagers detained the 2 ballot officers and assaulted them brutally,” mentioned Niranjan Behera, Further SP, Balasore.
Behera mentioned the villagers additionally allegedly manhandled and detained two police personnel from Raibania police station after they rushed to the village to rescue the ballot officers. The villagers allegedly didn’t hearken to the native police inspector when she visited the village and urged them to let the ballot officers and police personnel go.
Further forces had been deployed within the village whereas senior police and administrative officers rushed to the village to carry the scenario below management. The injured ballot officers, after being rescued, had been admitted to the native hospital for remedy.
The Balasore Further SP mentioned two circumstances had been registered on this regard, one by the ballot officers and one other by police, and that greater than 100 folks had been questioned.
After verification of video footage, police have arrested 72 folks, who might be produced earlier than courtroom. Further safety forces have been mobilised within the Raibania police station to keep away from any untoward scenario, officers mentioned.
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