Young man’s condition critical after being shot by miscreants
Rourkela: In a shocking incident, a man identified as Irfan Raza (25) was shot dead by unidentified miscreants within Bisra police limits of Rourkela police district (RPD) in Sundergarh district. Raza, who was hit by a bullet in the chest, is undergoing treatment at a private hospital.
Although the exact reason behind the attack is not yet known, personal enmity is believed to be the reason. Reports say Raza, who belongs to Bisra block headquarters, was alone at an isolated place around 8.30 am when two men allegedly opened fire on him.
Sources said that some anti-social youths of Nala Road, Rourkela had a fight with Raza in Bisra on Friday night. However, the victim’s mother Nusrat Jahan said that her son works as a poultry van driver and she has no knowledge of any enmity with him.
Zone 3 Deputy SP (DSP) AK Pradhan said the injured man said he could not see the faces of the attackers. He also said that he neither has any enmity with anyone nor does he have any criminal history. “The people who had a fight with the victim have been identified and will be interrogated for their possible involvement in the fatal attack,” the DSP said.
Meanwhile, crimes involving firearms have been on the rise in recent times. Four miscreants with firearms looted Rs 30,000 from a customer service center (GSK) at Majhipada in Rajgangpur police limits in broad daylight on Thursday, while on Wednesday the miscreants looted Rs 2.10 lakh from another GSK in Kutra police limits. After Thursday’s incident, Rajgangpur police chased the miscreants and reportedly managed to nab one and seized two unnumbered motorbikes left by the miscreants.
series of recent attacks
On October 17, GSK owner BC Minj was shot in both legs after miscreants opened fire on him when he resisted a robbery attempt in Kutra police limits.
On October 18, miscreants attacked the SUV of a businessman in an attempt to rob in Patsahi area of K Balang police limits and one of the miscreants reportedly fired a shot at the speeding SUV.
In April, a rural businessman Pravat Naik (47) was shot dead by miscreants and looted Rs 9 lakh from him in SPD’s Lefripada area.
In February, a roadside dhaba owner was killed and his acquaintance was also shot in firing by unidentified miscreants near Malda under RPD’s Koida police limits.
