The Jeypore Town police on Monday arrested four persons for allegedly committing robbery at Gopabandhu Nagar here and forwarded them to court. Police also seized from them nearly 60 grams gold, eight coins and a sword along with instruments used for robbery.
The arrested persons were identified as Daitari Sagar, T Chanti, Bijay Kumar Majhi and K Nagarjuna, police informed. In the midnight of November 12, the four masked persons barged into the house of one Surjyamani Pradhan of Gopabandhu Nagar and looted by brandishing a sword at her. As the old lady shouted, the family members came in and the robbers fled.
Police were able to arrest the accused after interrogating some persons, including a goldsmith, but still a criminal is absconding, said police.
Some of the arrested persons are involved in many offences and are under bail, said IIC Tapan Narayan Rath.