A gang of unidentified miscreants looted Rs 40,000 and a gold chain weighing about 30 grams at gun point from the owner of a mobile phone voucher shop here on Tuesday.
While owner Kedar and a few others were present in the shop, at about 11 PM on Tuesday night, three unidentified youths with mouser in hand came in a motor bike and forcibly entered in his shop at Petta Street under Bada Bazar police station. They threatened Kedar to give away all his properties at gunpoint and when the latter protested, the miscreants attacked him and looted Rs 40,000 from the cash box and a gold chain weighing 30 grams which Kedar had worn. Soon, the victim lodged a FIR on Thursday and the Bada Bazar police have registered a case and started an investigation.
According to information available, in another incident, the Gopalpur police have arrested two youths, while loitering on the sea shore in suspicious manner on Thursday night and seized a Mauser from them. They are being interrogated. The police have kept the identity of the two arrested youths secret, apprehending its impact on investigation, sources said.
Meanwhile, the district police have recovered gold ornaments from Cuttack which were stolen from a house at Sadananda Vihar of Gosaninuagam area on the outskirts of city and forwarded two persons to the court on Thursday. They were identified as Sekh Siraj, a resident of Gouda Street of Tinikonia Bagicha, Cuttack and Manoj Sahu, a gold merchant of Mani Sahu Chhak.
It may be recalled here that a group of unidentified miscreants had broken the lock and looted gold ornaments weighing 34 grams along with a cell phone and several valuable household items from the house of lokanath Nayak of Sadananda Vihar here on April 8. The Gosaninuagam police had registered a case and were investigating the matter.
On a tipoff, a police team comprising of Brahmapur SDPO Thakur Prasad Patra along with IIC of Gosaninuagam Police Station RC Murmu had raided the house of Siraj at Cuttack and arrested him. Notably, Siraj’s sister is staying in Brahmapur. During his visit to his sister’s house, Siraj and his associates had committed the burglary.