A notorious criminal Silu Chhotray was injured in a police encounter at Chhanagiri under the Jankia police station in the district on Friday.
Acting on a tipoff, Jankia police swooped down on the hideout of Chhotray in Chhanagiri forest. Spotting the police, he fired at them to escape from the spot. But in the retaliatory firing by the cops, Chhotray sustained bullet injuries on his right leg and was rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital.
Police said Chhotray was involved in the Odisha Gramya Bank Sarangadhara branch loot in Nayagarh district on April 6.