In yet another incident of the deteriorating law and order situation in the city, two motorbike-borne miscreants on Monday fired at a youth at Jhadeswari slum under the Airfield police station and fled from the spot.
Sources said the youth, identified as Shankar Rao, received bullet injuries on his back and rushed to the Capital Hospital in a critical condition. It is suspected that the incident took place over old enmity. The police are investigating into the incident.