Police have claimed to have cracked the case of loot of gold and silver ornaments from a jeweller at Kakudinala on January 1 and arrested three persons in this connection.
The arrestees were identified as Ajay Gouda, Jitu Pandi and Alok Pradhan , all in their early twenties, informed Chhatrapur SDPO Ramesh Chandra Sethi.
Police have 126 gram gold, 9 kilogram silver, six mobile phones, Rs 19,000 cash and two motorbikes used in the crime and forwarded the accused to court.
Sources said while jeweller Rabindra Kumar Nayak was on his way to Langeswar on his bike, the miscreants intercepted him at Kakudinala near Kandigaon and after terrorising him by brandishing firearms and decamped with 300 gram gold and nine kg silver. Later, Das lodged a complaint with the Khallikote police.
Based on the instruction of Ganjam SP Brijesh Ray a team consisting of SI Silu Dhal, ASIs DMR Dora, Tukuna Sethi and Biranchi Behera was formed. The team conducted raids at a number of suspected hideouts and managed to nab the accused trio from Bhubaneswar.