The Baleswar Town police arrested four members of a dacoit gang, who were involved in several crimes including loot of rural banks. They were identified as SK Nanu (28), Ranu Khan (26), Sajjan Ali Khan (26) and Kallu Munna (28). All of them are residents of Baleswar town. The police seized four toy pistols from them, besides a Pulsar bike and three cell phones.
According to police, they were involved in theft in two branches of the Odisha Gramya Bank located in Kuliana and Nizampur. From Kuliana branch, they decamped with about Rs9 lakh in last August, while from Nizampur branch they burgled around Rs2.7 lakh in February last year. The miscreants were caught while they were preparing to commit a loot in a jewellery shop in town.
It may be recalled on January 16 last, a few members of the gang were arrested. The Baleswar police with the help of their Bengal counterparts had arrested four hard core inter-State dacoits of the gang. Rs23.7 lakh in cash and a cache of arms, laptop and mobile handsets were seized from their possession. They were SK Azad of Kasimpur village under Sahdevkhunta police station, Sashikanta Mohanty alias Biswajit and Santosh Kumar Das alias Ashiuqe of Uttar Chak under Khantapada police station, Tinku alias Sk Sarifulla of Pituruddin lane and Balu Bazar under Town police station.