Bhubaneswar: Infocity police arrested three persons for allegedly assaulting a delivery worker in the Infocity area, officials said Saturday.
The arrested accused were identified as Sidhanta Ranasingh, 26, of Nirakarpur, Soumyaranjan Das, 24, and Utkal Gochhi, 21, both from the Badamba area. Police is searching for another person allegedly involved in the incident.
According to police, the case was registered based on a complaint lodged by Rakesh Das, who works as a delivery worker in the City.
The incident took place around 1:30 am late Friday night when Das went to deliver an order.
According to the complaint, four persons allegedly received the ordered items but refused to pay.
When Das demanded payment, the accused, who were allegedly under the influence of alcohol, abused and assaulted him.
The accused allegedly knocked him to the ground and attacked his head with an iron rod with an intention to kill him.
The assault left the delivery worker with a deep head injury and heavy bleeding.
Infocity police rushed the injured man to KIMS Hospital for treatment and launched an investigation.
Based on the evidence collected, police arrested the three accused and forwarded them to court.
Further investigation is underway to apprehend the absconding accused.
