Bhubaneswar, Oct. 20 -- A 38-year-old woman has received critical bullet injuries after being shot at by two bike-borne miscreants in Puri Town on Tuesday late night.

Another 50-year-old woman has sustained injuries on her left hand after she was attacked by the same assailants yesterday.

One of the two women identified as Sakuntala Sahoo (38), wife of Jitendra Sahoo and resident of Narendrakona area under Kumbharpada Police Station limits in the town, was initially rushed to Puri District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) where she was given preliminary treatment and later referred to SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) in Cuttack after her health condition deteriorated.

Another woman has been identified as Tuni Behera (50), resident ...