2 detained in Russian woman attack case

By Biswa Ranjan Mishra
Puri, Jan. 19: The local police on Tuesday detained two suspects in connection with the mugging of a Russian woman at Puri, nearly 65 km from here on Monday.
“We have detained two suspects in their early twenties on Tuesday in connection with the incident and interrogation is on to identify the real culprit” B.P. Pati, inspector-in-charge of the Puri Sadar police station told this newspaper.
The attack on the foreign tourist has shocked the state administration.
The chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday severely condemned the attack on the overseas visitor describing it “most unfortunate.”
He said that stringent action would be taken against the culprit.
He asked the police to arrest the accused at the earliest.
Taking a serious view of the matter, state chief secretary T.K. Mishra said a meeting would soon be convened here to review and evolve security measures for tourists on the Puri sea beach.
An unidentified miscreant stabbed the Russian - Lisina Nadezda (34) and robbed her of Rs 200 and a mobile phone set when she was cycling on a lonely part of Puri beach on Monday. She sustained injuries on her left hand.
A telecom engineer by profession, Lisina arrived at Puri on Saturday for the first time for holidaying. She returned to Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.
Police said she has a tourist visa till May this year.
Source: http://www.indusvalleytimes.com/