Two motorbike borne hardcore criminals on Thursday evening allegedly attacked two persons, including a contractor, with bamboo stick at a spot where a cement concrete road was being constructed at Khasapadia village under Kendrapada Sadar police station limits and injured the duo after the latter failed to give them extortion money.
According to police sources, the miscreants were identified as Bhamara Patra of Khasapadia and Amara Sethy of Chanchunia village. On Thursday, they came to the construction site of a road at Khasapadia village and demanded extortion money to contractor Nrusingha Nayak of Santhapura village. On being denied, they attacked Nayak and roller driver Bichitrananda Prusty of Rajagada with bamboo sticks and injured them.
When the locals rushed to the spot, the miscreants fled after firing a round of bullet. Nobody was injured in the firing. No FIR was lodged.
However, a haunt is on to nab the criminals, said police.