The Brahmapur Town police on Friday arrested and court-forwarded bike looter Dillip Ranjan Senapati (42) of Bijipur Canal Sahi and seized five stolen motorcycles from his possession. Briefing a Press meet, ASP Sashi Bhusan Satapathy said Santosh Badatiya of Old Brahmapur had filed an FIR on June 8 alleging that his bike was stolen when he had gone to a feast after parking his bike near Gandhinagar Spectrum Colony.
During patrolling on Thursday, the police intercepted Senapati when he was going on a bike. later, they traced that the bike was of Badatiya and arrested Senapati. After interrogating him, the police managed to recover the five bikes stolen by Senapati from different locations, the ASP added.