India, July 1 -- A group of people allegedly assaulted a senior official of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday during a grievance hearing. As per the latest report, Odisha police have arrested at least three people involved in the assault case.

Bhubaneswar DCP Jagmohan Meena said that an FIR has been registered for the case. The three arrested people have been identified as Jeevan Rout, Rashmi Mahapatra and Debashis Pradhan, according to news agency ANI.

Ratnakar Sahoo, additional commissioner of the BMC, was targeted during public hearing on Monday after a group of people entered his chamber and grabbed him by the collar.

Videos of the attackers kicking Sahoo and hitting him on the head went viral on social media. A...