A joint team of the Nirakarpur and Tangi police on arrested a most wanted criminal, Jamshed Khan, following an encounter near Rameswar in the district Wednesday night.
Acting on a tipoff about the movement of Khan, the police team including the Inspectors-in-Charge (IIC) of both Nirakarpur and Tangi police stations raided a place in the Rameswar area.
On spotting the cops, Khan hurled a country-made bomb at them injuring the two IICs and two other cops. The police team fired back in retaliation and subsequently nabbed Khan.
Khan, who sustained bullet injuries in his left leg, is undergoing treatment at the AIIMS, Bhubaneswar.
Several criminal cases are pending against Khan at different police stations across Khordha, Puri and Nayagarh districts.