Three antisocials sustained injuries and were undergoing treatment at the district headquarters hospital in a police encounter at Purunagada, six km from here on Saturday evening.
Police have recovered two mousers, three live bullets and two bikes, besides a SUV from the miscreants, while five others managed to flee.Reports said that acting on a tipoff, Jagatsinghpur police raided a house at Chadheigaon village near Purunagada where the anti-socials had converged for committing a crime. Soon after police reached, the miscreants started firing at the police which was retaliated by the latter.
The injured were identified as Rajendra Rout from Gatiroutptana near Cuttack, Praffula Khandayat Ray of Purunagada and Prabhat Ray from Rahura village.