Bhubaneswar: Three persons were injured, two of them critically, as members of two families were engaged in a bloody fight at Utsa Jagannathpur chowk near Patapur police station under Sanakhemundi area in Ganjam district this morning.

The two severely injured victims were identified as Pabitra Biswal and Bichitra Biswal. They were first rushed to a local hospital. But they were later shifted to the MKCG Medical College and Hospital as their condition deteriorated.

The two families have been at loggerheads over some dispute for long, according to reports.