Baliguda: Three armed miscreants looted Tuesday a jewellery shop at Nehru Square under this police limits in Kandhamal district. They also attacked the owner and injured him before decamping with valuable ornaments. Eye-witnesses said that the three armed miscreants came in a motorcycle and attacked Subash Chandra Achary, the owner when he was opening the ‘Maa Pathakhanda’ jewellery shop Tuesday morning. They attacked Achary with sharp weapons and also shot him before looting gold valuables from the shop and fleeing the spot.
Locals rushed the critically injured Achary to the Baliguda hospital. As his condition deteriorated he was later shifted to Bhubaneswar. On being informed police reached the spot and launched an investigation. Police are examining CCTV footage of the locality to ascertain the identity of the miscreants.
