The liquor shop salesman Santosh Sahu, who had been seriously injured in the broad daylight shooting at Gandhipada here on Thursday, succumbed to his injuries while being shifted to Burla on Friday.
Another youth, Jitu Mishra, who was also critically injured in the incident is still battling for his life in a hospital.
Sources said Sahu had been hit on the stomach after shots were fired at him near the liquor shop. Preliminary investigation by the police revealed that said three men had consumed liquor in the shop and then asked for extortion money of Rs 10,000. But when Sahu refused he was shot by one of them.
Meanwhile, the police have arrested two youths, Abhiskh Dora and Golu Sahu, and recovered a mouser from their possession and an empty cartridge from the crime scene. Surprisingly, one of their associates, Jitu, was also critically hurt in the incident.
Police sources said prime accused Abhisek is a proclaimed offender and has number of criminal cases pending against him in different police stations. He has revealed that he had procured the gun from a local village youth for Rs 50,000. The incident has triggered panic in the area. Recently, many chain snatching incidents and a number of dacoities in the town have shaken the faith of the residents on the police in combating such incidents.