The Narasinghpur police on Tuesday arrested and court-forwarded two persons on the charge of looting `8.63 lakh at gunpoint from petrol pump staffs near Kendupalli here on June 10.
The police also seized two motorcycles from them. The arrested were identified as Trinath Nayak (25) of Narasinghprasad village and Tapan Mallick (20) of Kathakhunta village, informed police station officer Haramohan Nayak.
During interrogation, the two confessed that Bighna Nayak of lara village, Manoj Maharana of Itamati village in Nayagarh district and Jasodha Pradhan of Nuagaan village along with them had made the loot plan. The three other accused are still on the run.