Man killed, 2 kin injured while resisting loot in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur

Jagatsinghpur: A person was killed and two of his kin sustained critical injuries while opposing a loot by some miscreants inside their house at Sindhigadi village under Tirtol police limits in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district last night.

According to police sources, a group of miscreants barged into the house of Antaryami Khuntia with an intention of robbery.

Khuntia, his brother and nephew resisted the act following which the looters opened fire at them leaving them injured.

The three were rushed to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack where Khuntia succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment.

Tirtol police along with a scientific team have started investigation into the incident.