Victim had lobbed bomb on cops
A miscreant, who had hurled bomb on police personnel at Tandikera village in Puri district on Saturday night, was seriously injured in police encounter on Sunday.He was identified as Rama Mohapatra (25) alias Dhadu. After getting injured, he was rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital at Puri and then was referred to the SCB Medical College Hospital at Cuttack.
He was chased by the police personnel during a manhunt started by the district police ever since bombing on the police personnel took place.
According to reports, when a police team headed by Chandanpur police station inspector-in-charge Giraja Patnaik was on its way to nab the accused persons in a rioting case on Saturday, some miscreants lobbed bombs on the police.
Three police personnel, including Patnaik, were injured. The incident took place in the evening at Dobandha Chhak near Tandikera village. Two other civilians were also injured in the incident.
On Sunday, again a special squad of the district police after getting a reliable tip-off about the bombers conducted a raid on a brick kiln near Kanthapur in the district. When the police reached the brick kiln, the miscreants fled from the spot and headed to a nearby jungle.
The police chased the ruffians in the jungle, but suddenly the miscreants hurled bomb on the cops as a result of which a constable was injured. The cops also retaliated and fired at the mastermind.