Notorious criminal Sipuna Das (30) of the town was shot at by some youths on Wednesday evening.
According to the Town police, two youths came by a bike and shot at Sipuna twice while he was standing in front of a cracker shop and sped away. One of the bullets hit Das on his thigh. He was rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital here. later, he was shifted to Bhubaneswar as his condition became critical.
In the wake of the gun attack, supporters of Sipuna allegedly attacked houses of Kalia Padhihari and Puppu Boral with country-made bombs. Poppu’s wife was injured, the police said. The police registered a case and arrested two persons in this connection.