The Sector-15 police here on Friday arrested four burglars, including a BTech pass student, and two receivers.
The burglars were identified as gang leader Md Jahir Akhtar (25), Subham Nag (19), Deba Gochhayat (19) and Krishna Suna (24). Akhtar has passed out BTech in Electronics and Telecommunication from the PIET, Rourkela.
The receivers were identified as Sanjay Badi (35) and Ganesh Bag (21). All belong to areas under the Sector-15 PS.
Addressing a Press conference, DSP PK Mishra said the four burglars were involved in stealing houses in Sector-18 and Sector-7 areas this year. They used to break locks of houses in the absence of owners and commit theft, the DSP said.
Police have seized three pairs of gold sankha, two pairs of churis, a pair of earring, a silver chain, a 40-inch Samsung lCD Ty, a 5-kg brass flower top, a Prestige induction cooker and some brass utensils from them.
Earlier Akhtar was also involved in two theft cases in 2013 and 2014 in the Sector-15 PS area and the criminal records of other accused persons are under verification, said Mishra. Among others, Sector-15 PS IIC l lenha and Sector-7 PS IIC PK Das were present.