Police on Thursday arrested seven criminals, including a jewellery shop owner, for killing another jewellery shop owner and his staff on February 9 night at the Kapila Bridge near Pritipur Bazaar under the Binjharapur police station.
The duo had been killed while they were on their way back to their homes at Kalyanpur village by a motorcycle after closing the shop at Pritipur Bazaar.
The arrestees were identified as Chandrasekhar Sahoo, a jewellary shop owner of Binjharapur, Sk Mustak, Sk Sharafat of Binjharapur, Pintu Sethi, Mustak Hussain of Indupur, Rajendra Das and Sk Ramajan of Sukinda.
The police have seized a country made pistol, two live cartridges, iron rod, one sharp weapon, gold and silver ornaments, three motor cycles, one four wheeler and five mobile phones from their processions.
Jajpur SP Charan Singh Mina said the other two accused Muna and lucky of Kendrapara are still at large. All the arrestees were produced in the court of the Sub- Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) at Jajpur town on Thursday, he added.
The court rejected their bail applications and remanded them to jail custody.
Chandrakanta Sahoo was a receiver of stolen gold and silver ornaments. He instigated Sk Mustak and others to loot the ornaments from the deceased persons.