Cuttack: A youth was opened fire by two unidentified miscreants at Subhadrapur locality under Sadar police limits in Cuttack and he succumbed to bullet injuries on the spot, today afternoon.

The deceased has been identified as Chintamani Sahu, a senior cop at the police station informed.

According to the official source, two bike-borne miscreants came near the youth and all of a sudden opened fire at him leading to the untimely death. The reason behind the firing incident is not known.

“Two persons who fired at Chintamani managed to flee from the spot,” an eyewitness stated.

On being informed by some locals, Sadar police reached the crime spot and launched a probe.