Anganwadi Workers Thrashed By Villagers In Balasore

Balasore: An anganwadi worker was thrashed by a group of enraged villagers over alleged anomalies in distribution of nutritional food to children.

The incident took place at Ataspur village in Baripada panchayat under Bahanaga block of Balasore district.

According to sources, a group of villagers, mostly women, barged into the local anganwadi centre and asked the victim, identified as Basanti Mallick, to show them the resolution notebook. However, Basanti refused to do so by stating that the Child Development Protection Officer (CDPO) concerned handled the resolution notebook. Irked over the incident, the villagers beat her up mercilessly.