Sambalpur, Sept 9: After finding no doctors at the local community health centre (CHC) of Sambalpur district to treat a severely injured biker, the irate Themra villagers set the heath centre on fire on Thursday.
As per the sources, the accident happened near the centre in which the one biker died on the spot while the pillion rider was seriously injured and was taken to the centre for treatment by the villagers. The villagers got angry as they could not find a doctor in the hospital to treat the biker and their anger increased when they came to know that there was no ambulance to take the injured biker to a nearby hospital.
Thus, irate over the lack of adequate facilities, the villagers rushed into the centre, ransacked it and also pulled the furniture and other valuables of the centre outside. Later, few villagers set the centre on fire.
The situation got worsened as the villagers did not allow the fire fighters to enter and put off the fire. The protestors took on the road later demanding an ambulance for the centre.
