The Sadar police here on Friday arrested two notorious highway looters, who are involved in a number of crimes in the district.
The arrested duo was identified as Tapas Kumar Sahu (26) of Madhusudanpur under the Sadar police station and Prafulla Das (27) of Patnarajpur under the Remuna police stations.
The cops have seized Rs 57,000 cash and bikes used in the crimes, from their possession. Sadar PS IIC Ashok Nayak said, “The accused duo used to target micro finance companies’ agents on isolated spots on the highways and loot cash from them.”
“Their modus operandi was they used to keep a watch on the movements of collection agents and when they returned with the money two youths terrorized them and snatched the money from them.
In the latest incident on June 18 they looted Rs. 42,000 from the agents of Spandan Finance Limited near Palasia Chhak in Haldipada,” Nayak added. The two were forwarded to court after being booked under relevant section of IPC.