Odisha rape accused injured in police encounter after firing at cops
Police said 100 personnel tracked the suspect for 48 hours before he was shot in the leg after attacking officers with a screwdriver.
- On Saturday, Bhubaneswar police shot and injured rape suspect Santosh alias Sreedhar Panda after he attacked officers with a screwdriver while resisting arrest near the Chandaka area.
- Panda allegedly broke into a home for burglary on Wednesday night, intimidating the 26-year-old victim "at gunpoint" using a lighter disguised as a handgun before committing the rape.
- "Around 100 police personnel were engaged in an intense, round-the-clock operation for 48 hours and finally the accused was traced," officials said, with photographs collected within 12 hours of case registration.
- Bhubaneswar DCP Saravana Vivek confirmed the injured suspect was shifted to Capital Hospital, while Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Police Commissioner S Dev Datta Singh noted Panda had two prior theft arrests.
- The accused hailed from Ganjam district but was staying in Chakeisiani area of Bhubaneswar for the past few years; after the crime, Panda first boarded a government bus and then took an autorickshaw.
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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.
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A man accused of raping a woman in her home was injured in police firing in Bhubaneswar after he attacked officers with a screwdriver while resisting arrest. The accused, Santosh alias Sreedhar Panda, had used a lighter resembling a handgun to intimidate the victim and was previously involved in theft cases.
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