The Cuttack city police on Saturday arrested four persons and forwarded them to court in connection with the firing incident of August 22 in which two young contractors had received bullet injuries.
The Chauliaganj police of the city arrested Santosh Sahu (24), Kabindra Dhal (29), Subash Panda (21) and Nayan Mohanty (24) of the city under several sections of IPC, including section 307 (attempt to murder) charges and forwarded them to court. Police have seized a car, a country-made revolver and three live bullets from the arrested persons.
Police said in connection with a tender-related dispute, the arrested four persons kidnapped contractors Sagar Swain and Sidharth Nayak from the Nuabazar area of the city on August 22 afternoon.
“After taking them to several places in a car, the miscreants first fired at Sagar near Jagatpur and deserted him over a river bridge. Then they took Sidharth to campus and asked him to go home.The miscreants fired at him from behind,” police said.