Archive · 1 Feb 2026
Man injured in police encounter in Odisha
A man named Sipu Kumar was hurt in a forest when police shot him in the leg.
He was hiding there and had a gun.
Police say he robbed a bank and did other bad things.
He is from Bihar but was hiding in Odisha.
He is now in the hospital.
Police found his gun.
He was the last person they were looking for from a group that robbed a bank.
Sipu Kumar was injured in a police encounter in Odisha's Keonjhar district.
He was shot in the leg and admitted to Barbil hospital.
Kumar was involved in a bank robbery and other crimes.
Police seized a country-made gun from his possession.
He was the last suspect in a bank robbery case with three others already arrested.
- Who
- Sipu Kumar, a native of Bihar
- What
- Injured in a police encounter
- When
- February 1
- Where
- Tankra jungle, Odisha-Jharkhand border
- Why
- Involved in a bank robbery and other crimes
- Name
- Sipu Kumar
- Location
- Tankra jungle, Odisha-Jharkhand border
- Injury
- Shot in the leg
- Hospital
- Barbil hospital
- Seized Item
- Country-made gun