Police on Sunday arrested six criminals who had allegedly snatched away `3.10 lakh from a businessman in the Paradip Port area a week ago.
The police also seized `2.3 lakh, a gun and cartridge, 17 mobile phones from criminals and a car allegedly used for the crime, informed Jagatsinghpur SP Sudha Singh at a Press conference held here.
The businessman, Subash Swain of Nuagada village near Paradip, was going to Cuttack when two motorcycle-borne criminals waylaid him near the Rangiagada railway station and snatched away his money bag by brandishing gun at him. Swain had lodged an FIR in the Abhayachandpur police station in this regard.
The arrested were identified as Subhashis Das and Pramod Sahoo of Paradip Gada, Samir Pradhan of Bagai village under Kujanga block, Agastak Ekka, Abhisek Mangaraj and Rudra Narayan swain. The last three persons were arrested from Bhubaneswar.