**Nayagarh: ** A village youth has been admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) here on Sunday after he sustained bullet injury when a band of miscreants opened fire at another village youth they were chasing after.
The incident took place on Sunday afternoon near Odagaon village-based Raghunath Mandir while the injured youth has been identified as Santosh Das of the village.
Santosh has sustained bullet injury in his right leg.
The cause behind the attack was unknown even to Santosh who was rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) where he is undergoing treatment.
Talking to media, Santosh said, “I was sitting near the temple when four-five goons while chasing another youth opened fire at him following which I sustained bullet injuries for nor fault of mine. Neither have I any enmity with them nor I know them. The youth of their target was Chinu, our village boy. The incident took place at around 4.15 pm.”