Two inter-State criminals were injured in separate police retaliations under the Golanthara and Gopalpur police station areas late on Tuesday night, informed Brahmapur Sadar SDPO Ashok Mohanty on Wednesday.
Acting on a tipoff, the Golanthara police stopped a biker at the Bhairabi Temple at around 9 pm. The biker Deepak Mandal soon opened fire at the police and tried to escape. As police retaliated, Deepak received a bullet in his right leg and fell down. He is now undergoing treatment at the MKCG Medical College Hospital here.
Police seized one pistol and a bullet from him.
Deepak is a resident of Murshidabad in West Bengal has many criminal cases in his name at the Golanthara police station, the SDPO said.
In another incident, the Gopalpur police opened fire at one Aastama Mandal and caught him injured at Kalinga Vihar on the Dura-Pathara Raod. Aastama received bullets in his two legs and has also been ademitted in the MKCG.
Three pistols and bullets were seized from Aastama, against whom many cases have remained pending at different police stations in Golanthara and Gopalpur police stations, said Mohanty.