Sri Lanka, March 6 -- A sweets vendor was critically injured after three miscreants allegedly attacked him with a sword on a busy road in Bhubaneswar last evening.

The incident took place near Samantarapur Square at around 9 pm. The injured person has been identified as Dilip Kumar Behera (52).

According to reports, the attack followed a quarrel earlier in the evening. At around 7 pm, a youth reportedly visited the shop to buy sweets. Behera, who was busy preparing sweets at the time, asked the customer to wait as it would take some time to serve him. This reportedly led to a heated argument between the two. The youth left the spot after the altercation.

Later, at around 9 pm, three miscreants arrived on a motorcycle near the shop. The...