Acting on a tip-off, the Quick Action Team (QAT) of the Commissionerate Police and the Khandagiri police station officials nabbed five notorious criminals late on Friday night from an isolated place behind the DAV Public School in Kalinganagar area while they were planning to commit dacoity. A 7.65 mm mouser, a magazine loaded with four live ammunitions, an air pistol, two sharp weapons, a Bajaj Pulsar motorcycle and four mobile phones were seized from their possessions, informed Commissioner of Police RP Sharma to the media.
The arrested persons, Gourisankar Swain (25) of Mudulipali area, Jagannath Bisoi (22) of Bhanjanagar Medical Chhak under Bhanjanagar police station, Seta Swain (31) of Kandarsingh under Buguda police station, Papu Mohanty (29) of Polasara PS in Ganjam district and Biswanath Pradhan of Jhankadapada under Khajuripada police station in Kandhamal district, were forwarded to court. The Commissioner of Police informed that all the five criminals after releasing have many cases pending against them and were released from jail recently.