The Commissionerate Police late on Thursday night arrested five dacoits in the Chakeiciani area under the Mancheswar police station while they were planning to commit loot.
Acting on a tipoff, the Special Squad of the Commissionerate Police along with the Mancheswar police raided an isolated place in Chakeiciani area and nabbed gang leader Suryakant Mohapatra (27), a driver by profession and a resident of Jatni and currently staying at Jail Road in laxmisagar, Trinath Behera (27) working as a bouncer at the Inox Cinema hall in the city and a resident of Haladipadia slum in laxmisagar area, Saroj Kumar Moharana alias Siba working in a bar in Jatni and resident of Kudiari in Jatni area, Subhas Santosh Rout alias Rocky (22), a student of a technical institute near Jayadev Vihar and Goutam Mandal (27) of the Kudiari area.
Two pistols, four Bajaz Pulsar motorcycles, some live cartridges and cash of around Rs5500 were seized from their possession.
“They all were planning to commit loot in house. They were booked under different Sections on IPC and Arms Act,” Commissioner of Police Dr Rajendra Prasad Sharma told mediapersons.
The police are interrogating them to ascertain their criminal antecedents.