The BN Pur police arrested five train looters from Anant Nagar at lanjipalli in Brahmapur on Thursday. The culprits are from Sungeri district of Bihar, informed the police.
They used to loot travellers in the 2nd DMU Passenger train from Bhubaneswar to Pallasa every day. They are identified as Suresh Yadav, Pravash, Ajaya Kumar Yadav, Diamba Yadav and Jitendra Singh.
The police also recovered a pistol, two bullets, a live bomb, a screwdriver and a knife from the culprits.
Suresh Yadav was also involved in a double murder case on May 6, 2015 in lanjipalli, informed Brahmapur SDPO Santanu Kumar Dash.