Police police seized valuable stolen materials worth over Rs5 lakh and arrested two persons while conducting a raid on a scrap godown at Bijapur leprosy Colony here on Saturday.
Seized materials include aluminium electric wire, sanitary fittings, handles of doors and windows and copper wire. The two arrested were identified as Bikash Sao and Bablu Sao of Bihar. According to police, godown owner Rajendra Sao managed to escape from the police net with his cousin Ganesh Sahu during the raid. Bikash and Bablu admitted that they had sold these stolen articles to Rajendra Sao. The two had been staying in the Bijapur leprosy colony for quite some years.
Besides, a 25 sq ft wooden block was also seized and that has been handed over to the Forest Department, police said. The raid was conducted jointly by Brajrajnagar PS IIC Akash Sahoo, Jharsuguda PS IIC Rajkishore Mishra, Orient PS OIC KS Nayak under the overall supervision of SDPO BK Nanda. The two accused were forwarded to a local court on Sunday, said IIC Akash Sahoo.