Two persons were critically injured when miscreants opened fire at them during a loot bid at a jeweller’s house at Saudu village under the Soro police station in Baleswar district late on Tuesday night.
According to reports, the miscreants barged into the house of Sanatan Kamina at around 2 am and looted jewelleries worth over Rs 10 lakh by terrorising the family members at gunpoint. When the family members screamed for help, some neighbours rushed to the spot after hearing the commotion. In a bid to escape, the miscreants fired ten rounds at the villagers leaving two of them critically injured. The injured were identified as Rabindra Barik and his son, who suffered multiple sustained multiple gunshot wounds on head and chest,” said Bijay Barik, a neighbour.
The injured were immediately shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital and later referred to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack after their conditions worsened. On being informed, police reached the spot and launched an investigation into the incident after registering a case in this connection.