Tension ran high in Baliapal after a milk trader was shot dead by unidentified assailants on Monday night.
The deceased was identified as Rakesh Chaudhary (40), a native of Uttar Pradesh, who was residing for 15 years in Dangipata in Anladiha panchayat under Baliapal police station limits after he married daughter of Shymsundar Mohanty, a local resident.
The incident occurred around 8 pm near his village when he was returning after delivering milk in his motor cycle.
The assailants, stated to be four in number, following him from the rear in a car overtook near the village and opened fire at him.
They fired three shots aiming at his head , resulting in his death instantly. Later they fled towards Kalipada market.
On information the police after rushing to the spot seized the body and sent the body for postmortem.
Although they sealed all the roads connecting the spot yet they didn’t get any clue of the killers.
In the meantime , the locals expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation.
They alleged that Baliapal block which had been peaceful has become disturbed due to lack of timely police action while criminals are flourishing and continuing illegal activities.
In recent past, a scribe while was brutally assaulted by the sand smugglers , prior to this, another scribe too was brutally attacked by the miscreants.
The locals further alleged that these incidents are taking place due to lack of adequate police patrolling mentioning an attempt to loot a jewellery shop in Kalipada on Sunday night was foiled by the alert residents.
Inspector-in-Charge of Baliapal police station Prabhukalyan Acharya said, “In all the previous cases the accused persons are arrested and are behind bars.
In this case also the accused persons involved in the murder would be identified and nabbed soon.”