Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy, a Bharatiya Janata Party Lok Sabha candidate from Berhampur in Odisha’s Ganjam district, was the victim of a vicious attack on Monday by Shiv Shankar Das, an Independent contestant from the Berhampur Assembly seat.
Mr. Panigrahy was admitted to MKCG Medical College Hospital, Berhampur, and later shifted to AIIMS, Bhubaneswar.
Mr. Das was arrested by police personnel who were present. The BJP candidate, in his complaint, said he was speaking to the inspector in-charge of Gosaninuagaon police station about the sealing of the electronic voting machine used at booth number 132 around 9.15 p.m. on Monday when the unprovoked attack by Mr. Das began.
