The Khandagiri police on Monday busted a gang of looters and arrested five of them and seized jewellery, mobile phones and laptops from their possessions.
The arrestees were identified as Tiki Pradhan, Babu Pradhan, Kalu Behera, Biswanath Senapati and a minor, whose identity was not revealed by the police.
City DCP Anup Sahoo said the accused were involved in the highway loot incident near the Baramunda bus-stand in the city in 2017, in which three motorbike-borne miscreants had snatched a vanity bag of a woman. Acting upon a complaint filed in the case at the Khandagiri police station, the cops nabbed the accused from the Tamando area. later, two other receivers to whom the looters were selling the loot items were also nabbed, he added.
The arrestees are involved in at least five snatching cases pending against them at the Khandagiri police station, the DCP informed further.
Police seized a Bajaj Pulsar bike, four gold necklaces, two diamond earrings, 10 costly mobile phones and a laptop from the possession of the accused and forwarded them to court.