Bhubaneswar, June 30 -- Opposition parties in Odisha strongly condemned the assault on Ratnakar Sahoo, Additional Commissioner of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), and demanded strict action against the guilty. BJP leaders also condemned the incident, and the police assured that firm action would be taken.

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief and former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed his deep shock at "brutal kicking and assault" of Ratnakar Sahoo and called upon Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to take immediate and exemplary action against the guilty, including "political leaders who orchestrated and conspired this shameful attack".

DCP Headquarters, Prakash Chandra Pal, said that action will be taken against those ...