Odishatv Bureau

Cuttack: After coming under fire for poor security over a series of bombing incidents in the last two months, Commissionerate Police on Monday managed to nab a miscreant after an encounter.

Accused Kalandi Khuntia was arrested after an encounter by Special squad of the Commissionerate Police near Khannagar in Cuttack, sources said.

He has sustained a bullet injury on his right leg and has been admitted to SCB Medical College and Hospital, added sources.

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Khuntia is suspected to be involved in a number of bombing incidents in Cuttack including the recent ones at Badambadi.

Earlier, unidentified miscreants had flung low-intensity bombs a shop near Jayashree cinema hall on September 13. The incident had occurred barely few meters away from Badamabadi police station.

It was the sixth such incident of bombing in Cuttack in two months, which had left the police in a quandary.

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