The Kendrapada Town police on Thursday night nabbed five anti-social, including a woman, who were the gang members of Sk Munna, son of history-sheeter Hyder, and sized a sophisticated pistol, two live bombs, a bhujali, a knife and five mobile phones from their possessions.
IIC of Kendrapada Town police station Ranjan Kumar Dey said that while the arrested persons were hatching a plan at the Ranapada crematorium ground to commit dacoity in Kendrapada township, the town police acting on a tip-off conducted raid and nabbed them.
later, the police arrested Reshma Bibi, wife of Sk Munna. The other arrested persons were Maheswar Daeli (22) of Taras village under the Rajkanika PS, Debendra Swain (26) of Kuturanga under the Nikirai PS and Basar Khan (25) of Garapur and Sk Rehman (22) of Ranapada of Kendrapada Town PS.
According to district SP Sarthak sarangi, Reshma Bibi is the kingpin in hatching plan for dacoity. It has been found that recently the associates of Munna with the help of Reshma supplied two arms, one at Paradip and the other at Cuttack.
It may be noted that Munna is cooling his heels in the Kendrpada Sub-Jail. In his absence, Reshma has been operating the gang and supplying arms.