Two persons, including a prawn trader, suffered grievous injuries when unidentified miscreants hurled bombs at them near Balukuri Chhak under the Chandbali police station in the district late on Sunday night.
The victims Bidyadhar Samal and Sudarsan Sethi were rushed to the Chandbali Community Health Centre by locals and later shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack.
Reports said that five miscreants hurled three bombs at Bidyadhar and Sudarsan and fled from the spot.
The duo suffered multiple injuries in their bodies. Police started an investigation into the incident and efforts were on to identify the miscreants.
The reason behind the attack was yet to be ascertained though police suspected that business rivalry could have led to the bomb attack.