A man was shot dead at point-blank range in Bhubaneswar’s Bomikhal area in the early hours of Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Sonu Nayak of Haldipadia. According to reports, the incident took place around 3 am when Sonu was travelling with four friends in a vehicle towards a petrol pump in Rasulgarh. Some miscreants waiting in front of a government gun shop in Bomikhal intercepted their vehicle.