After having suffered a lot due to the devastations by cyclone Phailin, the residents of Brahmapur are now in a state of panic owing to a sudden spurt in crimes. Since last few of weeks, the incidents of burglary, snatching, dacoity and loot have shot up.
According to information available, the Sadar police arrested Babula Sahu (28), a resident of Behera Bandha Sahi of Kukudakhandi village here on Monday and forwarded him to court for molesting a minor girl of Desibehera Street. Apprehending counter attack and anger from the villagers, the Sahu was on the run. However, on a tip off, the Sadar police nabbed Sahu from Kukudakhandi.
In another incident, the Baidyanathpur police arrested one Prasant Sethi, a resident of lakshminarayan Street of Ankuli village on the outskirts of the city and forwarded him to court for attacking one Sourva Muduli of the same area. The accused along with his associates, Kora Sethi and his sons Santosh and Prasant had collectively attacked Muduli reportedly with sharp weapons.
The Bada Bazar police arrested three persons and forwarded them to court on Wednesday in an attack case. Kanhei Das, a resident of Bauri Sukunda area, reportedly was attacked by the trio with deadly weapons on November 24 last owing to previous enmity, sources said. The accused were identified as Sagar Das, Balaram Sahu, and Patita Das of Bauri Sukunda village.
The Town police foiled a major attempt of burglary and nabbed a band of five thugs when they were reportedly preparing a blueprint of loot in Gandhinagar 10th line area in the heart of the city. The accused were identified as Budu Behera of Chandramanipetta Street, Santosh Kumar Sahu of Padmanagar, Sankar Sahu of Brundavati Nagar, Madhav Sahu of Saguna Street and Shankar Maharana of Routpetta Street.
According to information available, there are several cases pending against these accused. It may be mentioned here that the police got information when all the accused had assembled in an abandoned site at Gandhinagar 10th line at 1.00 pm (night) and were planning the dacoity.
Badyanathpur police succeeded in arresting one of the key accused involved in a decoity case at Krushna Chandra Medical Store in the city after three months of the crime and forwarded the accused to the court here on Wednesday. The accused was identified as Suryanarayan Nayak of Nrushingh Temple Street. It may be recalled that the accused immediately after the incident had absconded, but had returned home on Monday last. Being informed, the police raided the house and arrested the accused, said Town police station IIC Deepak Mishra.
On August 5 last, the accused along with two of his associates had looted cash of Rs 1.07 lakh from the owner of city’s busiest pharmaceutical retailer Krushna Chandra Medical Store at gun point.