The Nayapalli police on Tuesday busted a gang of miscreants involved in several cases of snatching and loot from morning walkers and senior citizens and arrested seven persons.
The arrestees were identified as Kasinath Patra of Sriram Nagar, Ganga Reddy of Basti Bikash Parisad, Jitendra Pradhan of Ekamra Vihar, Sanjaya Kumar Das of Nilakanthanagar, Biswajit Das of Swadh in Nagar, Sumant Digal of Shakti Vihar, Kasinath Reddy of Santoshi Nagar. All the accused are in the age group of 18 to 22.
All of them were nabbed from Saliasahi. Police also seized seven mobile phones, three choppers, two knives two packets of chilly powder, four iron rods and two razors.
Police said the arrestees had formed the gang after meeting each other in jail. They used to target senior citizens.
The looters’ modus operandi was they used to barge into the elderly persons’ houses or target them during morning walk and snatch their valuables by brandishing weapons.
Most of them have several cases pending against them. The accused were forwarded to court later in the day.