Sambalpur: A lawyer, in a fit of rage, allegedly tried to run over his father-in-law and brother-in-law at Kacheri Chhak in Burla in Odisha’s Sambalpur district on Monday.
Passersby caught the accused, identified as Panchanan Dash, and thrashed him before handing him over to police. He was later arrested after his wife Chinmayee lodged a complaint with Burla police.
The District Bar Association has suspended his membership.
The accused’s brother-in-law Soumya Ranjan Dash suffered critical injuries in the incident and was hospitalised.
According to media reports, Dash allegedly used to beat his wife often. She lodged an FIR in this regard at Burla police station in January this year and has been staying at her father’s place with her two children for the last six months.
On Monday, Chinmayee had gone to the office of the Burla Bar Association during which the incident took place.
After allegedly trying to run over his father-in-law and brother-in-law, Dash rammed the car into the boundary wall of the Superintendent of Police’s residence.
