In a significant achievement, the Rourkela police nabbed hardcore criminal Sunil Majhi after an encounter near Siudi in the Lathikata area in the city on Tuesday night.
Sources said police received inputs about his presence in the outskirts of the steel city and conducted a raid. Spotting the police team, Sunil initially fired at them in a bid to escape from the spot.
But in the retaliatory firing by the cops Sunil was hit on his right leg and nabbed.
Sunil was rushed to the Rourkela Government Hospital and later shifted to VIMSAR in Burla.
Cops have seized a pistol from Sunil’s possession and informed that further investigation is on to unearth more information about his criminal network.
Police said as many as 15 different cases of robbery, murder and other criminal activities are pending against the criminal in the district.
He had managed to elude the police dragnet for years and was on the most wanted list of the Rourkela cops.