IAS Officer beaten brutally in Odisha, All Officers threaten to go on Mass Leave

An officer of the Odisha Administrative Service was brutally assaulted at the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). The video has gone viral on social media.

Senior Government Officer in Odisha was beaten brutally. OAS officer and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Additional Commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo was allegedly dragged from his office and assaulted by a group of men on Monday. pic.twitter.com/hZmn1l0a8g

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The name of officer is Ratnakar Sahoo, Additional Commissioner, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation. He had attended a weekly grievance session at the Corporation building and he was dragged and beaten by a group of persons, said to be supporters of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader who had unsuccessfully contested the Odisha Assembly election in 2024.

The officer was injured. He later filed a complaint at the local police station.

“The officer was dragged from his office and brutally kicked and assaulted in front of a BJP corporator, allegedly linked to a defeated BJP MLA candidate,” former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said on social media platform X, adding, “What is more appalling is that this happened in broad daylight, in the heart of the capital city of Bhubaneswar, to a senior officer, while he was in his office hearing the grievances of people,” Mr. Patnaik said.

The Odisha Administrative Service Association on Monday has said that its members will go on a “mass leave” from Tuesday to protest against the alleged assault of a senior OAS officer. The decision in this regard was taken at a meeting of the association chaired by its president Jyoti Ranjan Mishra here.

In a letter to district associations, the apex body said: “This is to formally inform you that the Odisha Administrative Service Association has unanimously resolved to proceed on a mass leave with effect from 1st July, 2025 in protest against the appalling and deplorable attack on the Additional Commissioner BMC, which occurred in broad daylight within official premises.”

Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi met with the members of the OAS Association for almost an hour, along with senior officials and assured them that the culprits and perpetrators behind the scenes will be strictly punished. Following the incident, the Odisha BJP has suspended five of its party members over their alleged involvement in the violence at the BMC office.