The Sahadevkhunta police arrested four goons on the charges of attacking a police constable and snatching a gold chain and cash on Monday evening and forwarded them to court.
The accused persons were identified as Kalia Patra (25), Om Hazra (24), Sk Babu and Sk Irshat Ali (24).
They had allegedly cut the throat of a constable, Manoranjan Mahapatra (38), when he was on the way to his residence in a bike under Sahadevkhunta police station. The group after stopping him allegedly demanded cash from him.
When he refused to oblige, he was attacked and the goons snatched his gold chain and cash of Rs 2,000. Injured Mahapatra was rushed to the headquarters hospital. His condition was stated to be stable.
Acting on his FIR, the police after registering a case began raids at several places on Tuesday. DSP Amresh Panda said that all the culprits were nabbed following raids and they had anti-social background.
“A knife was seized,” informed Panda, adding, Mahapatra was coming to the headquarters town from Singla police station when he faced the attack near the Gola Polo patch, an area ill famous for a hub of drug-addicts and criminals.