Overview
- Police in Jajpur said four people were arrested in connection with the December 14 attack at Pranab Kumar Balabantaray’s farmhouse in Panturi under Jenapur police limits.
- At least 15 people were injured in the clash, five seriously, with the wounded first treated at Dharmasala Community Health Centre and five shifted to SCB Medical College in Cuttack.
- Reports described extensive damage to property, with more than 20 vehicles including cars and motorcycles vandalised during the confrontation.
- Both camps filed FIRs and counter-FIRs, with authorities confirming two cases and an ongoing investigation led by Jenapur police and the Jajpur SDPO.
- BJD leaders continued a sit-in near the DGP camp office in Bhubaneswar as Naveen Patnaik condemned police inaction, while supporters of MLA Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo withdrew their separate protest at Jenapur police station.