The manager of a petrol pump at Kalinganagar in Jajpur district was injured on Monday when four motorcycle-borne miscreants allegedly attacked him at Gobarghati Chhack on the Chandikhola- Duburi highway after looting about Rs lakh.
Uchaba Charana Sahoo, manager of the Sarmistha petrol pump at Kalinganagar was attacked when he resisted the loot. The criminals also fired in the air. The robbers decamped with the cash at gunpoint. The injured person is undergoing treatment in the local Government hospital at Kalinganagar, said Kalinganagar police station IIC Rajib lochan Panda.An offence of dacoity and attempted to murder was lodged against the unidentified persons and police are investigating the case. We have recorded the statements of some witnesses, the IIC said.