The Quick Action Team (QAT), the Special Squad and personnel from different police stations of the Commissionerate Police arrested 13 notorious criminals involved in separate cases after conducting raids at three different places in the city on Friday.
During the raid, police seized a country-made pistol with magazine, two rounds of live 9mm ammunition, two bhujalis, an air pistol, a toy pistol, eight gold chains, eight motor cycles, 13 mobile phones, 40 mobile sim cards and `20, 000 from the possession of the accused.
All accused persons have been forwarded to a local here in the afternoon.
Twin City Commissioner of Police (CP) Dr RP Sharma said the police teams arrested the accused from three different places, Rasulgarh, Jaydev Vihar and Airfield area, of the city in separate cases.
On the basis of an Arms Act case lodged in the Mancheswar police station, the QAT with assistance from other wings nabbed four criminals while they had assembled at a remote dark place and were preparing to commit dacoity near Chakeisiani near the Rasulgarh area.
The accused were identified as Rashmi Ranjan Barik (39) of Baulakuda in Cuttack, Rajendra Das (29) of Matia in Kendrapada, lingaraj Dalai (20) of Ambapua in Ganjam district and Raja Kumar Nayak (19) of Rajabazar under Jatani police limits in Khordha district.
In the second incident, Dr Sharma said the Nayapalli police had received a complainant about loot of a Pulsar (220cc) bike and Rs 20,000 from a person on the Jayadev Vihar over-bridge on Thursday evening. After getting the report, Nayapalli police station IIC SM Pradhan set a trap on the Jayadev Vihar over bridge and apprehended the accused persons identified as Snehasis Dash alias Chintu of Jagatsinghpur district, the gang leader and an engineering student, Asutosh Biswal alias Shiva and Durgaprasad Sahoo alias Sisira, both of Jagatsinghpur district, Alok Kumar Biswal and Biswaranjan Pujari, both from Cuttack district and Deepak Kumar Bhuyan from Chintamaniswar area in the city.
The police recovered two gold chains weighing around 32 grams from the accused.
In the third incident, the CP said three hardcore criminals, identified as Chakradhar Barik alias Manish (24) of Bolagarh in Khordha district, Rabi Rao of Shantinagar basti in the city and Prakash Bisoi (25) of Ganjam, involved in as many as 20 cases including one under the Arms Act, were nabbed by the Special Squad while they were snatching away a gold chain from a lady in the Airfield area.