Kudos to Kartik Maharana for his courage to nab the armed looter who was trying to snatch away a necklace from a woman at the Nageswartangi colony under lingaraj police station limits here on Friday. Maharana didn’t leave the looter scot-free even after being shot at by the miscreant.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik congratulated Maharana for his bravery and directed his officials to provide him treatment fees from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. Patnaik in a Press release on Saturday wished him a speedy recovery. Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Mayor Anant Narayan Jena and local MP Prasanna Patsani met Maharana and congratulated him for his brave work which created an example in the city. Nobody was coming to nab the culprit though there were many people watching the incident, but Maharana did it despite receiving bullet injury in his thigh.
Maharana said the miscreant fired at him thrice when he headed towards the armed looter who was trying to run away from the spot after snatching a necklace from his neighbour Jhunu Patnaik, but the last bullet slightly pierced into his thigh. “I didn’t look back and captured the looter,” he said. Maharana, who has a shop at Unit-I market in the city, is now out of danger. Official proceedings have been initiated to nominate his name for an award, sources said. The Commissionerate Police are planning to appoint Maharana as SPO, said the sources.