Two days after the Jagatsinghpur police busted a dacoit racket by arresting 11 miscreants, king pin Ramakanta Parida alias Kalia, a resident of Kataramal village under Kendrapada district, was arrested on Sunday. According to the police, the Kalia gang was active in Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapada districts for over a decade. Recently, the gang committed robbery at the Nrusinghanath Mutt near Alipingala and looted properties including gold, silver and cash worth lakhs of rupees. The police had launched a manhunt for the kingpin after arresting 11 members of the gang. Following a joint drive by Jagatsinghpur and Raghunathpur police, several locations in Kendrapada district in last two days were raided and Kalia was nabbed from his native village, informed Jagatsinghpur SDPO Sujogya Mishra.