The Crime Branch’s Special Task Force (STF) busted an inter-State racket in Cuttack district allegedly involved in theft of ferrochrome and arrested six persons in this connection.
Around 214 tonnes ferrochrome was seized during the raids carried out by the STF in the Manguli and Tangi area.. The market value of the seized mineral would be more than Rs 2 crore.
The STF registered three cases and arrested six persons identified as Ajit Gupta, Santosh Kumar Verma, Babli Gupta, Kundan Paswan, Nanda Kishore Singh and Radheshyam Gupta.. The agency also seized three trucks, a generator set and an electric sewing machine.
“Based on inputs regarding organised inter-State cargo theft of ferrochrome, the STF conducted multiple raids at various places near Manguli and Tangi in the last two days. During these raids, an inter-State gang operating in Odisha, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, and Jharkhand was busted and a huge quantity of stolen cargo of ferrochrome was seized..
“It is learnt that the gang members would either remove or steal the cargo from the trucks while it is being transported to consignee at various ports. Generally, ferrochrome is exported from India through various ports to different countries like Japan and South Korea,” the STF added.