The Commissionerate police have busted a highway robbers’ gang, which was targeting commuters on the National Highway-16, by arresting three persons in the city.
The arrested miscreants were identified as mastermind Santosh Nayak, Prasant Ghadei and Suraj Ghadei.
The cops seized more than hundred mobile phones, gold ornaments and two wheelers from their possession.
Acting on a tipoff, the Saheed Nagar police conducted a raid and made the arrests and seizures.
According to police sources, the modus operandi of the gang was to target the commuters at secluded spots on the NH between Cuttack and Khordha and rob them of their gold chains, mobile phones and even motorcycles.