Archive · 29 Aug 2026
Youth’s Leg Severed in Alleged Odisha Village Attack
A young man named Baladev Banchhor was badly hurt in a village fight in Odisha.
Reports say a group attacked him with a sharp weapon.
The argument may have started because of an older disagreement.
His leg was reportedly severed or severely injured during the attack.
He was taken to a nearby hospital first.
Doctors later sent him to a hospital in Raipur for special treatment.
The incident made people in the village worried about more clashes.
Police are guarding the area and searching for the people suspected of involvement.
Baladev Banchhor was allegedly attacked with a sharp-edged weapon in Dangamara village, Odisha.
Police said the attack followed an argument linked to earlier enmity.
Baladev was first taken to Kantabanji hospital and later referred to Raipur.
The incident created tension in the village, prompting precautionary police deployment.
Kantabanji police are investigating and conducting raids to locate those allegedly involved.
- Who
- Baladev Banchhor was allegedly attacked by a group of people.
- What
- He suffered severe leg injuries, reportedly including the severing of his leg, during an altercation.
- When
- Saturday.
- Where
- Dangamara village under Kantabanji police limits in Odisha’s Bolangir district.
- Why
- Police said the altercation was linked to an earlier dispute and previous enmity.
- Injured person
- Baladev Banchhor
- Location
- Dangamara village, Bolangir district, Odisha
- Weapon reported
- Sharp-edged weapon
- Initial treatment
- Kantabanji hospital
- Further treatment
- A hospital in Raipur, Chhattisgarh
- Police action
- Investigation, raids, and precautionary deployment in the village