Rourkela: Uditnagar police on Thursday arrested a 22-year-old vendor for allegedly stabbing a youth following a quarrel at a roadside food cart here on Wednesday night.Victim Siba Sahoo (24) sustained a knife stab injury to his abdomen and is undergoing treatment at a private hospital.According to a complaint lodged by Siba’s brother-in-law Siyu Sahoo, the victim had gone to accused Paskal Tete’s roadside cart around 8 pm on Wednesday when an altercation broke out between the two. After the vendor allegedly attacked the victim with a knife, he collapsed on the spot in a pool of blood. Locals rushed him to Rourkela Government Hospital, from where he was referred to a private hospital.Based on the complaint, Uditnagar police registered a case of attempt to murder and launched an investigation. During the probe, police examined the complainant and other witnesses, and recorded their statements.Police have seized the knife allegedly used in the attack.
