The Puri police arrested two members of an inter-State idol thieves’ gang on Friday.
The arrested were identified as Baba alias Dhusasan Sahoo (42) of Tampalo village under Nimapara police limits and DebendraParida (40) of Taliha village under the Jajpur town police limits.
Both the accused confessed to the crime and revealed that they are working for a UP-based gang and their aides were Suresh Jadab and BikashJadab of Itwah district.
The police seized one idol stolen from Puri Rendha Sahi last year. The gang was involved in idol thefts in the Gop, Puri, Nischintakoili and Nilgiri area.
Puri SP Sarthak Sarangi at a Press conference here said a UP man had been arrested earlier by Nilagiri police of Baleswar who had too confessed to the crime. A squad had been constituted under the leadership of Nimapara SDPO to nab the miscreants.