law, Tourism and Culture Minister Maheswar Mohanty’s elder son Sunil on Sunday lodged an FIR at the Puri Town police station pertaining to the Friday shootout in which the Minister was attacked by unidentified miscreants in Puri at about 9 pm.
Though Sunil has given details about the firing incident, he didn’t mention any name in the FIR. He informed mediapersons that the family members were getting phone calls from some strangers before the firing incident. Meanwhile, three police teams were formed to continue a manhunt to nab the culprits involved in the case. The Puri police detained 10 people and interrogated them to get more clues so that they can arrest the shooters.
Sources said the police are searching for any link between the recent firing incident and BJD councilor Guna Sinhari’s murder case. On Sunday, the doctors treating the injured Minister assured that he would get well soon and would be provided with liquid diet from Sunday evening or Monday morning. “Health condition of the Minister is improving,” said Kalinga Hospital managing director Rajkishore Padhy, adding, “As he has received severe injury in some of his important body parts, it will take some time for complete recovery.”