Three unidentified miscreants reportedly opened fire on the house of a special class contractor at Gourav Vihar in the Paradip Township area on Monday. Sources said at around 7 pm three persons coming in a motorcycle reached near contractor laxmidhar Mohanty house (Plot no HIG 19) and searched for Mohanty. laxmidhar and his wife were not present at the house at that time.The miscreants handed over a flower bouquet to one Kamala Rout, a neighbour of laxmidhar, and fired three rounds to threaten the neighbours.
However, no one was hurt in the firing. The miscreants then fled the spot. The motive behind the incident was yet to be ascertained. Meanwhile, the local police along with the scientific squad rushed to the spot and started investigation into the matter.