A hardcore criminal, Sashi Nayak, was nabbed after a police encounter near Batamangla Chhak here on Saturday. He sustained a bullet injury on his left leg and is now undergoing treatment in Cuttack. On a tipoff, a team of the Town police station and the special squad of the district police had intercepted Nayak in Batagaon area
Spotting the cops, Nayak opened fire at them in a bid to escape from the spot but the police too retaliated in which he sustained a bullet injury in his leg. later, he was shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack. Several cases of loot, extortion, attempt to murder, murder and other cases are pending against Nayak at different police stations in the district. Nayak was also the main accused in Puri Market Chhak and Town Hall murder cases.