Former sarpanch held for assaulting assistant engineer

Bhubaneswar | Monday | 19th March, 2018

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"As per the FIR lodged by the assistant engineer, we have arrested Karjee," said inspector-in-charge, Rayagada police station, Gopinanth Pradhan. She was forwarded to the court, Pradhan said. BERHAMPUR: A former woman sarpanch of Lailai panchayat in Gajapati district was arrested on Saturday for allegedly attacking the assistant engineer of the block in his office.The accused, identified as Dhanamani Karjee (45) allegedly verbally abused and attacked the assistant engineer Kodanga Panigrahy because of a disagreement on the amount entered in a bill for road work.The block development officer and other staff of the office reportedly rescued the engineer from the former sarpanch..