The Brahmapur Sadar police arrested five looters, including four minors, from the city on Wednesday, informed Brahmapur Sadar PS SDPO Ashok Kumar Mohanty.
The arrested was identified as Shyam Sudar Rao of Premnagar 1st lane in Brahmapur.The four minors include a 12-year-old boy and three 16-year-old boys and they have been forwarded to the juvenile court, said Mohanty.
Police said on July 12 the accused had looted a gold necklace, a gold chain, pair of gold earrings and a gold ring from a house under the Gosaninuagoan police limits. On August 18, they had looted a laptop under the Gosaninuagoan police limits.
Mohanty also said that on August 9 the looters had barged into a house under the Gopalpur police limits and looted away ornaments worth Rs 30,000 and three mobile phones. Similarly on August 18, the accused looted six batteries from a SBI ATM under the Gopalpur police limits and six batteries from another SBI ATM under the Chamachandi police limits on August 20, he added. The police have recovered the gold ornaments, mobile phones and four batteries from their possessions.
Among others, Gosaninuagoan PS IIC Kulamani Sethi and Gopalpur PS IIC Susanta Sahu were present.