The Bhubaneswar Government Railway Police (GRP) on Saturday arrested notorious train looter and dacoit P Surya Narayan Rao alias Raama of the Budhanagar slum here.
He was at large since July 14 when four of his associates were arrested for looting in running trains. The police also seized a stolen Bajaj Pulsar motorcycle and some cash from his possession and forwarded him to court.
The looter had managed to flee when a raid by the GRP was conducted on a house on July 14. At that time, the GRP had arrested Satyaban Pradhan (20) alias Raju, Sarat Das alias lalu (19), Pramod Das alias Petu alias Babu (20), Mahesh Chandra Sahu alias Mitu (29).
A sword, a 9mm toy/lighter pistol, chili powder, liquor, kitchen knife, cash were seized from them. Bhubaneswar GRP station IIC Soubhagya Kumar Swain said regular raids on suspected persons and places would be conducted to nab the looters.