A CESU driver, who was working at luna electrical sub-station, sustained critical bullet injuries following three motorbike-borne miscreants allegedly opened fire at him on Saturday, said Marshaghai police station IIC Sukanta Kumar Patra. The victim was identified as Bhaskar Chandra Jena, son of Ratnakar Jena of Marshaghai village.
Sources said Jena, after taking dinner at his house, went to a poultry farm located near Banamali chowk on Silipur –Marshaghai road to meet with his friends. While he, along with his five other friends, were chatting, three miscreants, who came in a Bajaj Pulsar bike, allegedly inquired about one Babu Sethy. When Jena told the three miscreants that Sethy was not with him, the trio allegedly asked him to telephone Sethy to come to the poultry farm. When Jena did not oblige, the trio opened three rounds of bullets at him and fled from the spot. Jena fell on the road with critical injuries. Soon, he was rushed to the district headquarters hospital for treatment. Given his condition, he was referred to the SCB Medical College hospital at Cuttack.
Meanwhile, Marshaghai police have registered a case on Saturday. As per a preliminary inquiry, it was found that the three miscreants were associates of local mobster litu. A couple of youths have been detained and were being interrogated.