Acting on a tipoff, police busted a dreaded dacoit gang and arrested its 10 members who were planning to commit dacoity in some ATM counters here on Wednesday night.
The 10 arrested persons, including four from Andhra Pradesh, had assembled in a mango grove near Halwa village here to commit the robbery. Acting on a tip off, the police rished to the spot and caught them red-handed. The cops recovered Rs 6,575 cash, liquor, lethal weapons like swords and knives, a car and a Pulsar, etc from their possessions.
The accused were involved in a number of robbery and cheating cases in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh which are under verification, said police officials at a Press meet held at the Rayagada police station on Thursday.