An iron scrap trader of the city was shot dead in the Main Road area of the city under the Uditnagar police station on late Friday night. The miscreants had opened two rounds of fire out of which one hit the victim’s back. He was rushed to the Ispat General Hospital, but later succumbed to his injuries. The deceased was identified as Asish Agarwal (32), a native of Kacheri Road area of the city. He was reportedly engaged in illegal scrap trading. At about 9.30 pm on Friday, Asish was talking with another youth in front of the Visal Mega Mart showroom on the main road area of the city, when the latter fired him from point-blank range. locals rushed him to the Ispat General Hospital, Rourkela, where he was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit. He, however, died during midnight. The Rourkela police filed a case and started an investigation.