A miscreant while looting a house was chased and nabbed by the house owner with the help of locals. His three other accomplices managed to flee from the spot. The villagers tied him and detained him in the village for hours before handing him over to police.
The four miscreants stole a CCTV along with machine and other household items on Tuesday morning at about 11.30 am from the house of one Malaya Barik, a fourth grade retired employee of Jantilo village
under Kendrapada Sadar police station. Later, when the family members shouted, the looters were attempting to flee when one of them was nabbed by the house owner with the help of locals near a local petrol pump on Cuttack-Chandabali road. The locals brought him back to the village, tied him and detained him for some hours. The locals later informed to the Sadar police. The police rushed to the spot and arrested the looter.
The miscreant was identified as Dipti Ranjan Mohanty, a resident of ward no -12 of OTM colony in Choudwar. Meanwhile, a raid is going on to nab his other associates involved in the loot, informed police.