The Jeypore Sadar police on Tuesday busted a highway robbers’ gang and arrested six persons while they were planning to commit a dacoity. Two members of the gang managed to give the police a slip.
On a tipoff, a police team led by Jeypore Sadar PS IIC Nirmal Kumar Mohapatra swooped down on the spot where the eight miscreants were planning the loot. Seeing the police team, two of them fled from the spot.
The police arrested six members of the gang and seized two cars, three swords, three iron rods, six mobile phones and five lathis from their possession.
A police team led by IIC Nirmal Kumar Mohapatra swooped down on the spot where the eight miscreants were planning the loot. Seeing the police team, two of them fled from the spot.
The police nabbed Maisin Khan (32), Saheb Khan (36), Bhuru Khan (35), Jyoti Bhusan Behera (26), Sudhansu Jual (26) and Santosh Reddy (27). A manhunt was launched to nab the other gang members who are still at large, said police sources.