Cuttack,May 18: A god man has been arrested on the charges of assaulting a mutt official in Cuttack on Wednesday.

The incident took place at the Giridhari mutt located in the Jasapada area under the Kisan Nagar police limit.

The accused has been identified as Sambhunath baba alias Sambhunath Subudhi.

Sources said, the baba was shouting in the mutt premises in a drunken condition. The mutt advisor Hrusikesh Hota opposed it and tried to calm him. Aggrieved on it, the baba attacked Hota with a shovel in which he sustained injuries on his hand.

Acting on the complaint of Hota, the police registered a case and arrested the accused in the evening.