3 hurt in OGP-BJD clash

Three persons were injured in a clash between supporters of the Orissa Gana Parishad and BJD in Garadpur block of Kendrapara distt.

Three persons were injured in a clash between supporters of the Orissa Gana Parishad (OGP) and BJD at Gaudagan village in Garadpur block of Kendrapara district of Orissa this morning, police said.

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Two of the injured had been shifted to the S.C.B.Medical College Hospital at Cuttack for treatment.

A house and a motorcycle were also set ablaze during the clash, police said.

OGP President Bijay Mohapatra and BJD's Atanu Sabyasachi are locked in a fierce battle in the Patkura assembly constituency of which Gaudagan forms a part.