The police on Monday arrested two miscreants involved in a firing incident at Alipingala two days ago.
The arrestees were identified as Suryakanta Swain from Salagaonvillage and Sisira Prasad Sahoo from Phulara village under , four live cartridges and a bike were recovered from them. The duo was involved in many crimes earlier and cases were filed against them in different police stations in Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Paradip and Jagatsinghpur, informed SDPO Sujogya Mishra.
The SDPO said that the duo anti-socials had reached at an Alipingala based petrol pump and tried to extort from pump owner Sudhansu Das.
When he refused, they thrashed a few staff members of the pump station and opened firing on Das. However, the bullet lost target and hit a nearby wall. later, they fled the spot.
Basing on the petrol pump owner complaint, the Jagatsinghpur police had launched a manhunt. Both were forwarded to court after interrogation on Tuesday, said Jagatsinghpur police station IIC Rajanikanta Mishra.