Bhubaneswar, Oct 7, 2025

Senior lawyer and BJP leader Pitabas Panda was shot dead by unknown bike-borne assailants near his residence in Berhampur city of Odisha’s Ganjam district.

The attack took place late Monday evening when Panda was returning home, located at Baikunthanagar under Vaidyanathpur police station area in Berhampur, at around 10 p.m. after attending some programmes.

Two bike-borne miscreants waiting for the victim near his residence approached him and fired two rounds from close range before fleeing the scene.

The senior lawyer sustained grievous bullet wounds in his chest. Some locals immediately rushed the critically injured lawyer to MKCG Medical College and Hospital, Berhampur, where the doctors declared him brought dead.

A pall of gloom descended in the area as th

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