Dreaded antisocial and gangster, Papa alias Chinmay Panda (42), a resident of Sovarampur under the Sahadevkhunta police station in Baleswar district was arrested and forwarded to court by local police.
Papa while has over 30 criminal cases, including murder, loot and extortion, pending against him in different police stations in Baleswar and West Bengal, he had been arrested in 2019 before. A few months ago he had been out of jail on bail. In the latest case, he was apprehended while attempting to commit a robbery.
He had also terrorised a woman at gun point not to depose evidence against him who was a prime witness in a case registered against him in the Sahadevkhunta PS. He was charged under IPC and Arms Act for attempting to murder her son.
Papa and his associates were operating a gang in and around Baleswar town and were a menace to peace and public order.
As many 10 cases are pending against Papa under Sahadevkhunta PS; eight cases under the Town PS, seven cases under the Industrial PS and one case is under the Muhana Coastal PS, Digha, West Bengal.