‘Break their legs’: Odisha cop says statement during protest taken ‘out of context’

Bhubaneswar, 30/6:As Odisha grieves for the loss of lives during the Rath Yatra stampede, a viral video of a police officer instructing his team to ‘break their (protesters) legs’ has enraged social media users.

Congress members were arranging a protest outside of the residence of Odisha Chief Minister, Mohan Charan Majhi, about the lives lost during the annual Jagannath Rath Yatra, which also left many injured. They blamed mismanagement and negligence of the incident.