At least four
persons were critically injured today when a group of wild boars attacked them at Bagagahana village in Kendrapara district.
The injured, identified as Gobind Sahu (28), Sudhansu Jena (50), Sapan Mandal (35) and Tapan Mandal (32), were shifted to Kendrapara district headquarters hospital.
The forest department is bearing the cost of treatment of the injured, Divisional Forest Officer, Rajnagar Mangrove (wildlife) Forest Division, Kedar Kumar Swain said.