A bank dacoit, Benu Barik, was injured and arrested by the police following an exchange of fire inside Rampada jungle under the Buguda police station in Odisha’s Ganjam district on Tuesday.
Two bullets hit the accused in his leg. He has been admitted to the MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur.
On receiving information about his presence at Rampada jungle, a team from the Buguda police station tracked him down at 7.30 a.m. while he was travelling on a bike along with an accomplice.
There was an exchange of fire between the police and the duo. While an injured Barik was nabbed by the police, his accomplice managed to escape.
According to Inspector in-charge of Buguda police station Ram Chandra Biswal, the accused was involved in a dacoity at the Manitara branch of Utkal Grameen Bank under the Buguda police station limits of Ganjam district on May 24, 2017.
A group of six armed robbers had looted mortgaged gold ornaments worth over ₹4 lakh and cash.
