A gang of three dacoits was nabbed by Jeypore Sadar Police on Sunday while the miscreants were making a big theft plan.
An imported pistol, five round of live ammunitions, six mobile phones, `2.50 lakh cash, two sophisticated knives and one Bolero vehicle were seized from them, informed Jeypore Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Rajendra Kumar Senapati.
During the late hours of Saturday night, Jeypore Sadar IIC Govind Chandra Buruda got a tipoff that a gang of dacoits was planning for a robbery in the nearby areas. Basing upon the information, the police raided the Umuri to Distillery area of Jeypore Sadar police limit. A team led by SI Pradhan and SI Devta nabbed the dacoit gang of six members. However, three dacoits managed to flee.
The arrested were identified as Rambabu Pangi of down camp area of Jalaput, Sonia Naresh of Muchingput (AP), presently residing at Jalaput and Ranga Bahadur of Neheru Nagar of Jeypore town.
During interrogation it was clear that before this incident the gang was succeeded in a highway loot. A group of people paddling illegal ganja was threatened by the gang members. later, they looted `2.50 lakh cash from them at gun point. The dacoits confessed this to police. They were forwarded to court on Sunday.