The Gosaninuagaon police on Friday solved a robbery case on National Highway-16 on June 9 and managed to nab four of the accused involved in the incident and recovered some looted cash and valuables.
Police sources said on the fateful day, a youth Mitu Sethi (28) of laxmivihar, Haridakhandi here was returning home from Gopalpur in a motorbike along with his cousin sister.
On the way near Khajuria Electric Depo on the NH, Mitu stopped to urinate. Suddenly, five unidentified miscreants arrived at the spot, threatened them and snatched a money purse containing Rs25,000 and a mobile phone.
later, during investigations a police team led by ACP Santanu Kumar Dash and Gosaninuagaon PS IIC Kulamani Sethi managed to identify the accused and arrested them.
The arrestees were identified as Rabi Panda (28), Sameer Sasmal (19), CH Jagaya Reddy and Uma Sethi.
Police have seized Rs 13,000 and a MI mobile phone from their possession, said police sources.