Youth Arrested in Bhubaneswar for Stabbing 5 Including Police Constable

Bhubaneswar: A youth was arrested by the personnel of the Mancheswar police station in Bhubaneswar on Friday on charges of stabbing five persons including a police constable with a knife.

The arrested accused has been identified as Deepak Naik of Sriramnagar area.

According to police, the staff of Mancheswar police station, during the night patrolling on Thursday, came across Deepak terrorizing the locals with a knife at Sriramnagar area.

When the cops tried to restrain him, he attacked them with the knife, causing injury to OAPF Gopi Sabar on the chest. One HG Abdul Sarfaraj Khan also sustained a minor injury in his leg. Added to it, three others of the area were also injured by the knife wielding youth.

The police team managed to overpower and arrest the accused. The knife used in the attack was seized from his possessions.

Later, a case was registered at the Mancheswar against him under sections 126(2)/118(2)/109(1)/132/221/351(3) of the BNS (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita).