The death of a Home Guard with gunshot injuries in Cuttack city and the escape of a dreaded criminal by firing at a police officer in Cuttack Rural at Banki on Monday have sent shockwaves among public who are worried for their safety.
Home Guard Kirti Ranjan Masant of the Jagatpur police station was found dead at a deserted place on the bank of the Mahanadi at Satabatia with gunshot injuries in his right temple. More shockingly, a loaded country-made revolver was found lying on his body.
Ruling out the suicide theory, the investigating policemen said Masant was working as a Home Guard for over eight years. “We are waiting for the postmortem report to ascertain the cause of the death,” said Jagatpur police inspector Anil Kumar Beuria.
In the other development, a dreaded criminal, Mitu Khatei, who was chased by the Banki police, escaped after firing at an officer of Banki police station SC Sethy near the Kalapathar market on the day.
Mitu, who was wanted in several cases of extortion and chain snatching, was seen roaming in the marketplace when the police conducted a raid. But Mitu escaped after firing three rounds towards Sethy. luckily, all the bullets missed the policeman.