Bhubaneswar, April 20 -- In a dramatic turn of events, a man accused in a 2024 rape case allegedly shot himself near the Balipatna police station on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar late last night in a bid to frame the family of the victim girl.

The accused, identified as Dipti Ranjan Mohapatra alias Kuna of Guapur village, is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital. Police said the bullet injury was self-inflicted and part of a calculated plan to falsely implicate the husband of the victim in a criminal case.

As per preliminary investigation, Dipti positioned himself near the survivor's house, fired a bullet at his hand using a country-made pistol, and attempted to make it look like an attack by the victim's family. The motive, polic...