A Plus Three student sustained critical injuries when a group of unidentified miscreants attacked him brutally on Wednesday night for opposing ganja trade in the Parbatipur area under the Fatepur police station in the district. .
The victim identified as Laba Mahapatra, a +3 third year student of Pathani Samanta College in the district, was initially admitted to the Bhapur Community Health Centre and later shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack as his condition deteriorated.
Reports said Mahapatra was opposing ganja peddling in the area and spreading awareness among villagers to refrain from its consumption.Several armed miscreants, suspected to be the cronies of the ganja peddler, attacked him with swords and other sharp weapons on Bhapur-Parbatipur bypass road while he was returning home at night.
He sustained multiple injuries on his head and hands in the incident. His family members have alleged that the ganja peddler had threatened Mahapatra of dire consequences a number of times.