Police on Sunday evening busted a dacoit gang by arresting four miscreants who were planning to commit a dacoity in a businessman’s house at Nuagaon here. However, four others managed to flee from the spot.
They arrested were identified as Madan Manjhi (42) and Rajesh lakhua (24) of the Hatibari PS region, Md Mazoor (32) and Md Safayat Hussain (54) of Kutra PS region. Police seized two country-made pistols; two round live ammunitions, an iron rod, a Scorpio jeep, a torch, Rs 1.27 lakh in cash and four mobile phones from their possession.
According to Rourkela DSP PK Mishra, a team oed by Bisra PS IIC Bikash Ranjan Swain conducted a rain on a newly-constructed building where the miscreants were making preparation to commit a dacoity.
While four were nabbed, four others managed to flee. They would be nabbed soon, said Mishra.
It may be noted that the Plant Site police had arrested four dacoits from the Bondhamunda area recently. People of Rourkela are now a worried lot as many loot and dacoity incidents have occurred during the last few days.