Bhubaneswar, June 11 -- A dreaded criminal was injured in an exchange of fire with Bhadrak Rural Police in the early hours of Thursday in Odisha's Bhadrak district.
The injured criminal, identified as Prafulla Mallik alias Pappu, sustained a bullet injury to his right leg during the encounter.
He was initially admitted to the Bhadrak District Headquarters Hospital and was later shifted to a hospital in Cuttack for security reasons, police sources said.
The encounter took place near the Law College area in the Nuasahi forest when Mallik and one of his associates were allegedly planning to commit a crime.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team conducted a raid in the area. On spotting the police personnel, Mallik allegedly opened fire and fir...