In a broad daylight crime on Wednesday, two motorbike-borne miscreants, gang members of Sk Hyder, hurled two bombs at a furniture shop located on Khadianga-Ranpada road.
Three workers of the shop sustained injuries in the explosion .The injured persons were later rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital for treatment, informed Kendrapada Town police station IIC Sanjeev Kumar Mohanty.
According to one Mir Imran Ali, of Jaipura, who is the proprietor of Baba Furniture, over last some months a land dispute was going on between him and Sk Hyder’s uncle Sheikh Khalil alias Guna Mia of Ranpada village. Khalil sought Hyder’s help in this connection. later, Hyder, now in jail, and his arrested elder son Sk Munna demanded a sum of Rs 10 lakh each from him as extortion. But as he did not pay the money, he was targeted by Hyder’s men.
He narrated that on Wednesday at about 1.40 pm, the miscreants, accompanied by Khalil, his son Sk Kala and Sk Ansar hurled two bombs at the shop. The injured were identified as Sadique Ali Baig, a resident of Nayagarh, Sk Jammuruddin of Post office lane and Vinod Kumar Das of Barua.
Meanwhile, Imran lodged an FIR at Kendrapada Town police station. Police have registered a case and conducted an investigation.