Odisha businessman shot amid sand mining dispute

ROURKELA: A 48-year-old man sustained injuries after allegedly being shot at by two unidentified bike-borne miscreants in a suspected case of business rivalry over sand mining, while he was driving back home on Saturday.

The injured, Bijay Lakra, is a Kuanrmunda-based businessman. Lakra was driving back home in his car when the miscreants fired at the running vehicle near the Sector 4 post office within Sector 3 police limits between 8.30 and 9 pm.

As per reports, he received bullet injuries on his neck as a result of which he lost control of the vehicle and rammed it into the boundary wall of a roadside quarters of Rourkela Steel Plant.