Man's Violent Outburst Injures Parents, Police

A violent incident unfolded in Ganeswarpur village, Puri district, on Tuesday when a 32-year-old man, Bichitra Rath, allegedly suffering from mental illness, attacked his parents and three police officers with a knife. The man's parents, both retired schoolteachers, managed to confine him before alerting authorities. When police entered the room, Rath lunged at them, inflicting stab wounds on two assistant sub-inspectors and a constable, one seriously in the chest. Despite their injuries, the officers subdued Rath. All five injured parties received hospital treatment, with Rath later transferred to Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar. While police filed an attempt-to-murder case, Rath's arrest is unlikely due to his documented mental health condition. The incident has deeply shocked the local community, with villagers expressing dismay over the attack on the well-respected Rath family.