The Town police busted a dacoit gang here recently by arresting five miscreants while they were planning to commit a dacoity in the city.
The arrestees were identified as Prasant Kumar Behera, Shiba Nayak, Santosh Sahu, Balaram Samantray and Rabi Swain. The police recovered two swords, two iron rods and an iron cutter machine from their procession.
Similarly, the Big Bazar police conducted a raid and foiled a dacoity bid by arresting five persons. The arrestees were identified as Bhawani Sankar Padhy, Sankar Moharana, Sankar Das, Sunil Bisoyi and Kalia Sethi.
The police recovered two swords and two bombs from their processions.
In another incident, police arrested eight persons in connection with a clash erupted between two groups of anti-socials near Komapalli over bridge here recently. The arrestees were identified as Pinku Patro, Kalia Sethi, Sanjay Pradhan, Sania Raoul, Rinku Patro, Ajit lenka, Rabinarayan Sahu and Santosh Tripathy. The members of the two groups had attacked each other with lathi, iron rods and sharp weapons.