The Sahadevkhunta police arrested two persons on Thursday in connection with the firing on a transporter and Baleswar bus association secretary Kartik Pradhan.
They were identified as Prakash Samal (39) of Jamkunda under Baliapal block and Samson Mahapatra (38) of Sahadekhunta area. On Friday night, unidentified miscreants had shot at Pradhan from point blank range leaving him injured.
According to police, Pradhan had engaged Samal as a driver in his bus and later had removed him after a dispute. Subsequently, for other reasons the animosity between them had grown. Samal was in search of an opportunity to settle the score. He hired Samson to kill Pradhan. The police also seized a pistol and some live bullets from the duo.