On Wednesday, Jharsuguda Town police busted an inter-district gang of four-wheeler thieves and arrested four members, including gang leader SK Nabab and a buyer of a stolen vehicle.
The police also recovered three Bolero jeeps and one pick-up van from their possession, which were being used for carrying theft wooden logs from forest areas.
SDPO Pursottam Sethi said that the gang had stolen vehicles from Jharsuguda, Sambalpur and Balangir districts in past two months.
The accused were identified as SK Nabab (21), Abhinas Bag (23), both residents of Sundargarh, and Sanjiv Behera (19) and Somnath Swain (20) , both residents of Sambalpur. The buyer of a stolen Bolero jeep was identified as Pradeep Kumar Nath (33) of Padampur in Sambalpur district. The police have registered a case and forwarded all the accused to the SDJM court under various Sections of the IPC, said IIC KS Naik.