India, Nov. 8 -- A 31-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a judicial magistrate, a prosecutor and a court security official with an iron rod inside the Jharigaon JMFC court premises in Odisha's Nabarangpur district.

The accused, identified as Sanmati Majhi, allegedly attacked senior assistant public prosecutor Pradeep Kumar Pattnaik first, striking him on the head while he was in the Bar room on Saturday. Pattnaik sustained a serious head injury and required multiple stitches.

According to the complaint, Majhi allegedly turned on others who rushed to help the injured prosecutor. Judicial Magistrate First Class Smita Lakra was struck on the forehead and sustained a fracture to her middle finger. Court assistant sub-...