Police on Saturday arrested eight persons in connection with the attack on two Tehsildars and one Additional Tehsildar after they conducted raids on several illegal stone quarries near Patrapada under Tangi block of the district.
Sources eight platoons of police force led by the Khordha district SP raided Badapokharia village and nabbed the eight accused in the incident.
Tangi Tehsildar, Khordha Tehsildar and Additional Tehsildar of Chilika had conducted raids on as many as seven illegal stone mines in Patrapada area. Later, one truck, tractor and a JCB machine were also seized from the area.
However, while returning from the spot, the officials was intercepted by around 50 miscreants reportedly belonging to mafia involved in illegal stone quarrying and allegedly attacked by them. The mafia then took away the seized machines and vehicles from the officials forcefully and later attempted to crush them under the JCB machine, informed sources.