Days after Bharatiya Janta Party’s Berhampur Lok Sabha candidate, Pradeep Panigrahy, was brutally attacked in the presence of police, a BJP worker was allegedly hacked to death, triggering massive tension in the Khalikote area of Ganjam district.
In a group clash between Biju Janata Dal and BJP workers in Khalikote, seven others had also sustained injuries. The clash began when BJD workers attacked Dilip Pahan and co-BJP workers when they were pasting posters at Krushna Saranpur village on Monday night.
Khalikote Assembly constituency, which comes under Ganjam — Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s home district, is going to poll on May 20. Eight persons involved in violence were arrested by police.
