Bhubaneswar: A lab assistant of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar was reportedly shot dead by unidentified miscreants near Ransinghpur, under Khandagiri police limits on Monday.
The deceased identified as Sudhanshu Khuntia was allegedly attacked when he was on his way home after completing his night shift at the hospital. He was shot in the lower left chest, causing him to lose control of his motorcycle and crash to the ground.
Khuntia , a resident of Sarkhanta village on the city outskirts, was rushed to AIIMS in critical condition but succumbed to his injuries.
The motive behind the attack seems unclear, but preliminary investigations suggest it might be linked to an ancestral property dispute in his native village. Following the incident, tensions escalated in the area as a clash broke out between two groups allegedly connected to the land dispute.
Khandagiri police have, meanwhile, launched an investigation, examining CCTV footage from nearby roads to identify the culprits.
