Bhubaneswar, Oct. 3 -- In an encounter near Chandaka, the Police opened fire on a 24-year-old rape accused after he violently attacked a police officer while attempting to evade arrest.

According to the police, the suspect, identified as Santosh alias Sreedhar Panda (24), a resident of Chakeisiani village in Mancheswar and hailing from Ganjam's Jagannath Prasad area, was shot in the right leg during the confrontation. He was subsequently rushed to Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar for treatment.

The arrest followed an extensive, multi-day investigation by the police to track down the offender. Investigative teams painstakingly analysed footage from over 300 CCTV cameras and scanned massive volumes of technical data before the Special Squa...