Bhubaneswar, Feb. 7 -- Four persons, including a Panchayat Samiti member, were critically injured in a violent attack following a dispute during a wedding procession in Odisha's Ganjam district late Friday night.

The incident occurred at Kusapur village under the Purusottampur police station limits. According to reports, a wedding procession was passing through the village when a group of youths allegedly began pelting bricks and stones. Local residents objected to the act and warned the youths to stop, following which the situation escalated.

Police sources said that after the initial confrontation, around 10 to 12 youths allegedly returned to the village and forcibly entered the houses of those who had opposed their actions.

The assa...