The city police on Saturday arrested five gangsters known to be associates of Kendrapada-based mafia don Sk Usman Ali alias Tito. With these arrests, the city police claim to have arrested at least 11 members of the mafia don within this year from the city.
City DCP Sanjiv Arora said the Markatnagar police have also seized one country-made revolver, two live bullets, a sharp weapon, six mobile phones and two motorcycles from the arrested anti-social elements.
All the arrested members of the Tito gang, including noted gangster Muna laden, have multiple criminal cases pending in different police stations of the city, Arora informed.
It may be mentioned that following the arrest of rival mafia Dhalsamant brothers and his associates in January February this year, the Cuttack city police trained its guns towards the Tito gang members.
Till now, the Cuttack police have arrested 34 members of Dhalsamant gang and seized from them at least 23 firearms and several ammunitions.