A 28-year-old woman was shot dead by an unidentified miscreant at Kapumal village under Jharsuguda on Sunday afternoon at around 3 pm.
When she was inside in her house premises the miscreant suddenly came near her and fired one round from his pistol before decamping. The local residents rescued her and admitted her at the District Headquarters Hospital where she died. According to sources, deceased Savitri Oram was residing alone in a rented house for last two years after she was divorced by her husband. Jharsuguda SDPO BK Nanda rushed to the spot and investigated the matter but no one had been arrested. Police sent Savitri’s body for autopsy and registered a case.