Two unidentified motorcycle-borne miscreants on Friday opened fire at a contractor leaving him grievously injured. The victim was sent to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack.
The broad daylight firing incident occurred near the Belabana Mutt on the Alipingala Road, six km from here and the victim was identified as Narendra Jena from local Phulahar village and a contractor by profession. Jena was going to Jagatsinghpur at around 11 am when the goons waylaid him and the bike pillion rider opened fire at his motorcycle.
The miscreants immediately fled from the spot. locals sent Jena to the District Headquarters Hospital here, where his condition turned critical, as a result of which he was shifted to Cuttack in the evening. Jagatsinghpur police station Inspector-in-Charge Sanjeev Mohanty said a manhunt has been launched to trace the miscreants. The police could not interrogate the victim as his condition was serious. However, certain clues have been gathered and the police would reach out to the miscreants very soon, Mohanty maintained.