‘Assault’ on BMC Additional Commissioner: OAS association postpones mass leave after meeting with CM

OAS officer and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo was allegedly dragged from his office and assaulted by a group of miscreants Monday

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) Association Tuesday postponed its planned mass leave protest after a meeting with Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. The protest was in response to the assault on Ratnakar Sahoo, Additional Commissioner of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC).

Earlier Monday, the decision to go on a mass leave was taken at a meeting of the association, chaired by its president Jyoti Ranjan Mishra in Bhubaneswar.

OAS officer and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo was allegedly dragged from his office and assaulted by a group of miscreants Monday, police said.

In a letter to district associations, the apex body said: “This is to formally inform you that the Odisha Administrative Service Association has unanimously resolved to proceed on a mass leave with effect from 1st July, 2025 in protest against the appalling and deplorable attack on the Additional Commissioner BMC, which occurred in broad daylight within official premises.”

Three people have been arrested in connection with the assault, police said.

PTI

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