A businessman sustained critical injuries after being shot at by two unidentified persons at Laxminarayanpur village under the K Nuagaon police station in Ganjam district on Thursday.
The victim was identified as a local businessman Subash Chandra Panda (42).
Sources said four persons called Panda’s from his house and took him with them near a pond on the outskirts of the village. Soon after that villagers heard some shots being fired and rushed to the spot.
Panda was rescued and rushed to the Chikiti Community Health Centre (CHC). He received bullet injuries on his head and chest in the attack.
Later, Panda was shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital. Police also reached the spot and launched a probe into the incident. It was suspected that the incident was fallout of business rivalry.
The actual cause behind the attack would be ascertained after the arrest of accused, police said.