An employee of a construction company suffered gunshot injuries at Manapur Chhack under the Jakhapura police station in Jajpur district on Wednesday as three motorcycle-borne robbers opened fire at him when he prevented them to loot Rs 21.50 lakh.
“After withdrawing the money, two employees of Sainath Construction at Kalinga Nagar were returning to their office when on their way at
Manapur three persons tried to snatch away a moneybag from them at gunpoint. But both foiled their bid to loot by showing courage for which one of the looters opened fire from his revolver resulting in injuries to Prasanjit Sarkar (35) in his hand,” said Jakhapura PS IIC Rajiv lochan Panda.
After hearing the gunshot, many locals gathered at the spot and tried to chase the robbers, but the latter managed to flee away. The injured man was rushed to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack. The police sealed all the entry points in a bid to nab the criminals, said the police officer.