Bhubaneswar, May 27 -- In a major crackdown on organised drug trafficking in the capital city, the Commissionerate Police conducted an encounter operation against a notorious drug mafia operative, leaving him injured during an exchange of fire near the Infovalley police station limits in Bhubaneswar, officials said on Wednesday.

The accused has been identified as Papun Majhi, a known drug trafficker from Jagannath Prasad area in Odisha's Ganjam district. He was reportedly involved in illegal narcotics trade and had been under the scanner of law enforcement agencies for quite some time.

According to police sources, the operation was carried out by the Special Crime Unit of the Commissionerate Police after receiving credible intelligence ...