Puri, May 6 -- Uma Ballav Rath, senior Congress leader and party's candidate for the Puri Sadar assembly seat, was injured in an assault near the Puri bus stand on Sunday evening.

Rath has lodged a complaint in this regard with the Kumbharpada police, on the basis of which an investigation has been initiated by the cops.

It is being suspected that the attack was a fallout of internal conflicts within the Congress party in the Puri district.

Reports indicate that unidentified miscreants attacked Rath near the Puri bus stand and quickly fled the scene.

This incident occurred amid tensions within the District Congress, which began on Sunday morning when some party members vandalized the party office. The vandalism was sparked by the part...