India, Aug. 11 -- Tension prevailed after irate villagers gheraoed the government hospital after a youth allegedly hacked a woman, injuring her critically in Kujang in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district today. While the woman sustained severe injuries on her face, hand and neck and was shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack for treatment, the accused youth was also hospitalised in Kujang hospital after locals thrashed him mercilessly before handing him over to the police.

Though the motive behind the brutal attack is not established yet, dispute over financial dealing is likely to have triggered the series of events.

As per reports, the victim woman Prabhati Rout, a resident of Tandia village, had married a man from Charad...