A team of the Balangir police has nabbed six persons allegedly involved in the loot of Rs 5 lakh from one Loknath Meher recently.
The arrestees are Rabi Patra , Ashutosh Manhira,Rabi Sahu,SibaJal, Subash Bag alias Pichulu and a driver Promod Seth ,said Balangir Additional SP Manoranjan Pradhan at a Press meet here on Saturday. Police have seized seven mobile phones, cash of Rs 83,000 and a four-wheeler used in the crime from the possession of the accused.
Meher was returning home after withdrawing Rs 5 lakh from the Jarasingha cooperative bank, when the car-borne miscreants intercepted him and snatched the money.
Later, acting a tipoff, a police team led by SDPO Srimant Barik and Sadar PS Officer-in-Charge Toofan Bag conducted a raid and managed to nab the six accused, said Pradhan.
The others involved in the incident would be arrested soon, said the Additional SP.