The Balanga police on Saturday busted an inter-district dacoit gang involved in the Sahadapada loot and various snatching cases in Puri, Khordha and Ganjam districts.
After the Sahadapada loot incident, the police had started investigation as per CCTV footages. The gang had looted Rs 80,000 and a diamond necklace recently from one Prabhu Charan Mohanty’s house at Sahadapada village. The police detained a dacoit in this connection.
As per information of the detained miscreant, the police conducted raids in Bhubaneswar, Khordha, Balugaon and Brahmapur to trap the gang. From Balugaon and Brahmapur, the Balanga police nabbed three dacoits. But as the investigation process was on, the police did not disclose the names of the dacoits.