Even as police solved a robbery case on Thursday, two more robberies were reported in Nabarangpur district on Friday. In the first incident, a jewellery trader had been attacked with sharp weapons at village Bharsundi under the Raighar police and looted of jewelleries worth Rs 11 lakh.In another incident, Rs 2.5 lakh was looted from a businessman in village Deuthara under the Kodinga police station.
The series of robberies has posed a major challenge to the police.However, police on Thursday said they have solved the January 18 loot of Rs 4 lakh from a businessman by arresting four miscreants.
The businessman had been attacked with sharp weapons by the miscreants and looted cash at village Chakalapadar under the Jharigam police station when he was on his way to a weekly market at Kangara village. The bike-borne miscreants attacked him and fled with the cash bag he was carrying.
Umarkote SDPO Hemanta Kumar Padhi said police have successfully cracked the case by arresting four of the accused and managed to recover Rs 1,12,000 , four mobile phones, two bikes and the weapons used in the crime.