BHUBANESWAR: The commissionerate police on Sunday held a peace meeting with residents of Padmakesharipur where a violent clash had broken out between two groups of people on October 27, leaving several injured. Over 130 people, including 55 women, were arrested in connection with the clash. Most of them are still in judicial custody.
Deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Prateek Singh and his team held a peace talk at Padmakesharipur under Mancheswar police station limits. Residents and local leaders of Talasahi and Majhi Sahi (two clusters) of Padmakesharipur, who have been at loggerheads since the 2022 panchayat elections, attended the meeting.