A police team led by ASP Binod Bihari Patel arrested four persons in connection with a dacoity occurred at lebidi village under the Sohela police limits on January 12 last.
Police sources said the arrested were part of a six-member dacoit group who had looted more than Rs 9.5 lakh, two mobile phones and a gold chain from the house of one G Nagi Reddy, a polyandry farm owner of the village.
They had also beaten Reddy and his wife severely before fleeing from the spot. The arrested were identified as mastermind Rohit Patra, who was assisting Reddy in his polyandry business, Deepak Padhan of Chhattisgarh’s Pithoda village, Seshadev Behera of Sarandapali village and Sanjaya Padhan of Dumbermunda village under Barpali police station.
The other two are still on the run and operation is on to nab them soon, said the ASP. The Police recovered an Indica, a Bajaj motorcycle, a motor pump and some gold ornaments.