Robber gang busted in city, 4 held

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Robber gang busted in city, 4 held

Wednesday, 30 April 2014 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR

A special squad of the Commissionerate Police arrested four people of a criminal gang when they were trying to commit robbery in the Chandrasekharpur area in the city a few days ago, said Twin City Commissioner of Police Dr RP Sharma here on Tuesday.

The police team also seized two mousers, 10 rounds of live bullets, seven mobile phones, five costly bikes, 13 gold chains, two electronic gazette and cash of Rs9,000 from the possession of the robbers.The accused were identified as Subrat Rao alias Chandu (30) of Narayan basti of Unit-8, Bitu Thakur (43) of Canal Colony under the laxmisagar police limits, Rajesh Nayak (21) of Banpur in Khordha district, Santosh Sethi alias Sidhu (22) of Khairi under the Pipili police limits. They were sent to the Jharpada jail after their bail pleas were rejected by the local court.

Dr Sharma said all the accused have been staying at different slums in the city. They were operating their gang from the slum areas and were involved in several loot and dacoity cases registered against them at different police stations including Chandrasekharpur, Khandagiri, Saheed Nagar, Nayapalli and Banpur, he said.

Dr Sharma said the team had arrested Subrat nine days back. After getting important clues, the special squad arrested the other members of the gang later. Fifth accused of the gang Sidharth Nayak alias Milu (23) of Prahalad Sahi in Balugaon area is absconding.    

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