Odisha BJP chief whip Mohan Charan Manjhi alleged that local BJD leaders planned the attack. (image: twitter)
In the incident, BJP chief whip in Odisha Assembly Mohan Charan Manjhi and his security officer were not injured, but the MLA’s vehicle was partially damaged.
- PTI Keonjhar (Odisha)
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BJP chief whip in Odisha Assembly Mohan Charan Manjhi had a narrow escape on Sunday when two unidentified miscreants hurled bombs at his car in Keonjhar district, police said. Manjhi and his security officer were not injured in the incident but the MLA’s vehicle was partially damaged, a senior official said.
He said that the blast took place near Mandua area of Keonjhar police station area when the MLAs of the saffron party were returning home after attending a trade union meeting. Manjhi lodged an FIR and alleged that motorcycle-borne miscreants hurled two hand-made bombs at his vehicle.
The official said that the MLA along with his security officer chased the two men but they managed to escape. “I was returning after attending a meeting when two motorcyclists overtook my car and hurled two bombs at my vehicle. It happened around 11.50 in the morning. I may have become politically hostile in my career of 20 years. But I have no enemies in my personal life,” said Manjhi, a tribal MLA from Keonjhar.
He alleged that the local leaders of the ruling BJD planned the attack. Meanwhile, BJP workers blocked National Highway-49 connecting Raipur in Chhattisgarh to Kolkata in West Bengal, demanding immediate arrest of those involved.
A police officer said that an inquiry has been initiated into the bomb attack on the saffron camp MLA. In January, some miscreants also attacked Odisha Congress President Niranjan Patnaik near Kashipur in Keonjhar police station area.
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