Police arrested four members of a gang of criminals and recovered a7.65 calibre pistol, bullets, two bikes, a Bhujali, a knife and three mobile handsets from their possession on Friday while they were preparing to commit robbery in the Khatiguda area. Those arrested were identified as D Ajay @ Rajendra, D Rabi @ Shiva Pradhan, D Madhu @ Ramesh and M Suraj Rao @ Chinna Superintendent of Police Parul Gupta said they are professional criminals
and committed motorbike dicky theft and snatching in various parts of Nabarangpur, Umarkote, Khatiguda (Nabarangpur district), Jeypore, Pursottampur, Rambha and Chhatrapur (Ganjam district) and Icchhapur, Sompeta, Jarumuru, Pathapatnam and Srikakulam (AP), Jagadalpur (Chhattisgarh) and other parts of India. In another case, police arrested two bike looters Judhesti Gouda and Tilak Ram Horijan of Dangara under the Kodinga police limits and recovered two stolen bikes from them.