Cuttack: An Anganwadi worker was critically injured in a sword attack at Chari Chhak on Nuagaon-Khajuripada road near Banki in Odisha’s Cuttack district on Monday morning.
The victim has been identified as Bharti Jena, a resident of Anuari village under Banki tehsil.
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According to sources, the incident occurred when Bharti was waylaid by some miscreants with the motive to rob her while she was on her way to the Anganwadi centre on a scooter. They attacked her with sword. Though critically injured, Bharati survived as she was wearing a helmet.
She was rescued by locals her in critical condition and admitted her to a nearby hospital. She was later shifted to the district headquarters hospital in Khurda as her condition deteriorated.
