Three persons, including a teenager, were arrested on Wednesday for alleged involvement in looting `1.70 lakh at gunpoint from a medical store in the town two days ago.
A pistol, a motorbike and cash of around `29,000 were recovered from the accused persons.The third accused was a 17-year-old boy from lanjipalli. All of them were involved in several criminal cases in the past, the police said. Another two persons who were involved in the looting case, however, were absconding.
“We have identified them and they will be nabbed soon,” said Brahmapur Sub-Divisional Police Officer Thakur Prasad Patra.Based on CCTV footage of a TV installed in the medical store, a police squad was able to make quick breakthrough, Patra said.