Police nabbed a dreaded criminal Pratap alias Bibhu Sahu after an encounter near Bhagabanpur under Marshaghai block in the district on Wednesday night.
Acting on a tipoff that Bibhu was in the area, a special squad of the district police conducted raids at some places near Bhagabanpur.
Spotting the police personnel, Bibhu fired a couple of rounds in a bid to escape from the spot. However, in the retaliatory firing by the police, he sustained injuries on both his legs. Police seized a pistol, three rounds of live bullets and an empty cartridge from the possession of the criminal.
He was rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital, where his condition was stated to be stable. Bibhu was wanted in more than 35 cases including bombing, firing, extortion and murder, informed police. This is the second encounter by the Kendrapada police in the last one month. Earlier on May 9, a notorious criminal Seikh lala was arrested by the district police following an encounter near Alabanka.