Sk Sahajahan (51), a businessman of Badabarua village under Jajpur Sadar police station limits, was shot dead on Sunday evening by two unidentified motorcycle-borne miscreants at Barua Chhack.
“Sahajahan was shot at while he was sitting near a shop at Barua Chhack from a pointblank range. Immediately after the incident, the victim was rushed to the district headquarters hospital at Jajpur town. But he succumbed to his injuries there,” said Jajpur SDPO Suryakanta Ray. The body would be handed over to the bereaved family after completing necessary legal formalities. The police have registered a case under Sections 302 and 34 of IPC and Sections 25 and 27 of Arms Act. All the roads have been sealed and several possible hideouts are being raided to nab the killers, added Ray.