Seven members of a dacoits’ gang were arrested at Sorada in Ganjam district and ornaments looted from a house recovered from them on Saturday. The gang had looted around 60 grams of gold and 125 grams of silver ornaments along with three mobile phones and cash of Rs70,000 from the house of one Durgamadhav Mishra in Gopalpur Shasan near Sorada at gunpoint on March 9.
The police also seized a pistol and some ammunitions and two motorcycles from them, said Inspector in-Charge of Sorada Police Station Santosh Kumar Jena. However, the looted cash could not be recovered. The arrested persons were identified as Dillip Behera (29) of Gajalabadi, Padma Charan Nayak (21) of Gopalpur Shasan, Kalia Nayak (23), Jitendra Nayak (20) and Siba Nayak (21) of Baunsalundi, Bhagirathi Nayak (22) of Bhejiput and Suman Nayak (19) of Mudulipali near Bhanjanagara.The police also arrested two other persons for receiving the looted ornaments from the dacoits.