On Thursday afternoon, a person was shot from point-blank range at Basanti Colony here. The person, however, narrowly escaped as the bullet hit the upper portion of his left hand elbow. The injured person was admitted in the Ispat General Hospital and was stated to be stable.According to police sources, on Thursday at around 1 pm, two youths on a bike speedily came near a field at Basant Colony area under Uditnagar police station here and the pillion rider immediately got down from the bike and fired at a person. Soon afterwards, he along with the bike driver fled.
The locals took the injured person to the Ispat General Hospital. The injured person was identified as Md Jiau alias Golden (40). He is a cable operator and also a civil contractor. According to police sources, Golden had also previous criminal record.“We have registered a case and are now searching the miscreants,” said Uditngar police station IIC SN Muduli.