In a significant breakthrough, the Nuapada police on Saturday nabbed three members of the notorious Eragola robbery gang of Aska in Ganjam district. The arrestees were identified as Aulu Raja and M Ganesh of village Kalasindhapur under the Aska PS and a minor boy.
The police recovered cash of Rs 7.7 lakh, 27 mobile phones and two motorbikes from their possession.
The police had stumbled upon leads about the gang while investigating into the snatching of Rs 10 lakh from one Hiren Sahu here on June 18.
Nuapada SP Smit P Parmar formed a team consisting of Nuapada SDPO PK Pattanayak, Nuapada PS IIC Aditya Mahakur, District Voluntary Force (DVF) and IT cell staffs for probing the case. The team conducted a number of raids at Bargarh, Padampur, Barpali, Jharbandh, Sohela, Paikmal, Sonepur, Patnagarh, Balangir and Aska to nab the accused.
The infamous Eragola robbery gang is known for its expertise in loot of money and valuables by breaking the side boxes of two-wheelers and is also involved in snatching. The arrestees are involved in as many as 33 cases in four districts of the State, police said.
“This detection is indeed a very big success for the Nuapada police and such efforts would continue in future too for detection of sensitive cases,” said Parmar.