BRAHMAPUR: After few days lull, again the tussle between liquor mafias and excise officials came to limelight in Khallikote area of Ganjam district. Excise Superintendent Barendra Nath Dhal was seriously injured, when an angry mob including liquor mafias attacked the joint team of excise and police personnel, while returning after conducting a raid on the illegal liquor manufacturing units near Sourapalli of Khallikote area on Wednesday.
According to Khallikote police officials, on Wednesday morning around 6 am, a gang comprising 30 armed tribal people consisted of both male and female member from N Sourapalli, a tribal village near Khallikote, attacked the police van while returning from the raid. “While attacking the van, Dhal was in the vehicle. After breaking the glass pieces, the iron rods and stones hit Dhal and sustained injury,” said Khallikote Inspector-in-Charge SK Sethy.
He immediately rushed to the MKCG Medical College and Hospital here and the treatment is on, the police informed. The excise and police personnel seized huge quantities of country-made liquor during raids.
This was not for the first time happening in the area. During the year of 2003, 2004 and 2011, the clash between the liquor mafias and excise officials took place in Khallikote area. Earlier, some police personnel detained by the villagers at Badarampalli village near Khallikote area while busting the illegal liquor manufacturing units.
On December 9 last year, seven excise and police personnel were injured and six government vehicles damaged in tribals attack at Guhariapata in the district. Similar incident was taken place at Ganjam's Landajuali, where three police personnel including the Inspector in-Charge of Gangapur police station attacked by the villagers on January 8 recently.
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