The Brahmani Taranga police could manage to foil the bank dacoity bid planned by a gang of six members at Kalunga here on Tuesday night. Three of them were arrested and were forwarded to the court on Wednesday, said the police.
According to the local police, when their patrolling was going on in Kalunga area under the supervision of Alekh Chandra Sethy, they found a group of people sat behind the St Gregarious School building in a suspicious condition. Immediately, Sethy and his team conducted raid on them and succeeded to apprehend Jogeswar Singh (22), Narayan Singh (22) and Pradeep Kissan (24) from the spot, while other three Sanjay Sethy, Dilip Minz and Shankar Goud fled from the spot. During personal search, the police found two single shots, two live ammunition, one bhujali, match box, candle, torch light, monkey cap and map of Kalunga area from the dacoits’ possession.
During interrogation, the trio confessed that they were involved with their other aides in dacoity of the SBI branches of Barsuan, Tensa and Bimlagarh and Utkal Gramya Bank bank branches of Bhojpur, Kuchinda and Sambalpur. The three also admitted that they were planning to commit dacoity in Kalunga and Rourkela area.
Police sources said the dacoits have criminal antecedents. Four cases had been lodged against Jogeswar in lahunipara, K Bolanga and Kuchinda police stations, while three cases had been lodged against Narayan Singh in same police stations and two cases against Pradeep in Mahulapali and Koira police stations. Besides, Narayan is involved in a murder case under Siasai police limits in Jharkhand. The police have started manhunt to nab the other three dacoits.