After conducting raids at several places in the city, the Commissionerate Police on Thursday arrested four looters and seized three motorcycles, 18 mobile phones and coins amounting to `5,000 from their possession. later, they were forwarded to court, police said.
The looters were identified as Muna Sethi (23) of Nayagarh and Janak Biswal (23) of Angul, who were staying at Rental Colony here; Sukhdev Biswal (25)
of Jagatsinghpur, who was staying in OUAT colony and Suresh Kumar Das (22) from Khandagiri here.
According to Kharavel Nagar IIC Nihar Ranjan Pradhan, the arrested persons were involved in petty crimes like snatching mobile phones and looting coins from temple hundis. Investigation is on, he added.