Three looters of a gang were arrested by the Brahmapur police from Circle Jail Square here, informed Brahmapur SDPO Thakur Prasad Patroon Sunday. The looters were identified as Manoj Mallick (22) of lochapada, Manoj Kumar Behera (21) of Gate Bazaar of the city and Panihati alias Ramesh Swain (32) of Pattapur on the outskirts of the city.
According to Patro, the trio along with other five persons had stopped businessman J Tarakeswar Rao, who was returning from his shop on March 5night, and looted his Pulsar bike, hard cash of `11,000, Samsung mobile, ATM card and driving licence from Rao after attacking him.
Rao had immediately lodged a complaint with the BN Pur police station about the loot. On the basis of the complaint, the police had started a manhunt to nab the criminals. Two days ago, the police found information about the gang and arrested the looter and seized Rao’s bike and other valuables.
The police have launched a search operation to arrest other criminals involved in the gang.