Man hurls bomb at CBI court in Odisha, held

By Bhagyashree Sahoo

Bhubaneswar, Jan. 27: A sixty-year-old man on Monday afternoon hurled three bombs into the chamber of CBI judge, Bhubaneswar.

There was no damage to human life as neither the judge or any other officials were present when the incident took place. However, the podium of the judge was seriously damaged.

The lawyers present in the court immediately caught hold of the accused Upendra Mohanty and handed him to the police.

Appeared to be mentally unsound, the accused Upendra, has been living in the court premises for past few months. The local shopkeepers said he had been threatening for the past few days to bomb the court room.

However, no one took it seriously.

Speaking to reporters after the incident, commissioner of police Rajendra Prasad Sharma said the accused was arrested and interrogation was on to ascertain the motive behind the attack.

“We have arrested the accused Upendra Mohanty, a resident of Sarangapur village under Bari police limit in Jajpur district. He is being interrogated,” the commissioner said.

He added that no one injured in this incident was the crude bombs were of less intensity.

In 2009, the accused had carried out a similar attack in the Supreme Court premises for not being granted permission to meet a judge. He was immediately arrested and released on bail a few months ago.

Unconfirmed sources said Upendra has spent nearly 30 years in jail for different crimes.

In 1990, he was arrested for beating a police officer in Capital Police Station, Bhubaneswar. At the age of 15, Upendra was held for attempting to murder his grandmother.

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