Dhenkanal: A farmhouse owner was allegedly shot dead in sleep by unidentified assailants at Phasigaon under Sadar police limits in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district, late on Saturday.
The deceased has been identified as Gobinda Chandra Nayak.
According to sources, Nayak used to sleep in a house on his farm. Unidentified miscreants allegedly forcibly entered the farmhouse at around 3 am and opened fire on him before fleeing.
Hearing the gunshots, Gobinda’s elder brother, who was also present in the farmhouse, rushed to the spot and found him lying in a pool of blood. He was then rushed to district headquarters hospital here, where doctors declared him dead.
While the reason behind the firing was yet to be ascertained, police have begun an investigation to identify and apprehend the attackers.
