A motorcyclist sustained critical injuries being shot at by unidentified miscreants on the Bargarh-Balangir road late on Wednesday night.The injured was identified as Sachin Agarwal, a native of Kantabanji in Balangir district.
Sources said Sachin was travelling by his motorcycle along the National Highway-53 late when two miscreants fired at him from close range and sped away from the spot in a car.Later, some locals spotted Sachin in a critical condition and rushed him to the District Headquarters Hospital. Sachin gunshot wounds on his left hand and thigh, sources added. While the accused persons are yet to be identified, the actual motive behind the attack was yet to be ascertained. An investigation into the incident is on, the police said.