The Ainthapali police under the guidance of SDPO PK Mahapatra have managed to arrest a dreaded criminal here and seized a huge quantity of arms from him.
As per information, Sradhakar Behera alias Babu (27), a resident of Santinagar of Budharaja area, is involved in a lot of criminal activities. He is also the brother in law of another dreaded criminal and arms peddler Rajesh Sahu.
Police seized one mouser, one single shot pistol and four rounds of live ammunition from him. Several cases are pending against Behera under the Ainthapali police station since 2004. SDPO Mahapatra informed that Behera was arrested and forwarded to court under Section 25 (i) (AA) Arms Act.
Meanwhile, the police here have arrested 343 persons in July itself including 47 warrantees after they have tightened noose on criminals.
The police also registered 27 excise related cases and arrested as many as 27 persons, apart from seizing Ganja and foreign liquor.